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Cape Point like you’ve NEVER seen it before – PICTURES

If you gaze up to the skies over the Western Cape coastline, there’s an excellent chance you’ll spot marine conservation photographer Jean Tresfon flying overhead.

If you gaze up to the skies over the Western Cape coastline, there’s an excellent chance you’ll spot Jean Tresfon flying overhead. Photo: Jean Tresfon

By: Garrin Lambley

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Tresfon has been taking to the air for several years now, bringing those followers of his Facebook page award-winning photographs taken from his trusty gyrocopter.

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If you’re not already one of his nearly 51 000 followers, we strongly suggest you do so.

Magnificent Cape Point

On his most recent excursion, Tresfon photographed Cape Point from the air.

Note below, the lower (newer) lighthouse at Cape Point, built in 1919 after the upper lighthouse was often found to be shrouded in low cloud.

Can you spot the cape fur seal colony perched on the rocks above the waterline?

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Cape Point: Photo: Jean Tresfon

All pictures published with the permission of Jean Tresfon

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