Aerial images of Round Hill Head, at the Town of 1770, Queensland.
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Early morning on Bustard Bay Lookout at the Town of 1770, Queensland.
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Stunning, if fleeting, colour and drama at Coledale, in the Illawarra region of NSW.
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Aerial (drone) photo of wave wrapping around rocks.
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Freedom and playtime on the beach.
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Another splendid summer day at Coledale Beach.
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After initially being occluded by clouds caressing the horizon, the supermoon shone over Kings Beach, Caloundra – on the superb Sunshine Coast of Queensland.
Kings Beach 2AM-003562 ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.
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Point Cartwright greets another glorious Sunshine Coast morning.
Point Cartwright 2AM-000075. ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.
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These aerial (drone) scenes include Kings Beach, Wickham Headland, Shelly Beach, Moffat Headland, Pumicestone Passage, Bribie Island, the Glasshouse Mountains (in the background), and Caloundra – on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.
Kings Beach 2AM 0424-0425 panorama stitch ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.
The sea-sawdust slicks on the water surface in the following images is likely Trichodesmium sp. – a cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), and is also called whale food, sea scum and, incorrectly, whale sperm. Found in nutrient-poor tropical and subtropical ocean waters, Trichodesmium are ‘nitrogen fixers’- they can take nitrogen gas from the air and ‘fix’ it in a form that can be transferred through the food chain. This function is very important as Nitrogen is essential to life and while there is an abundance of it in the air (air is 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen), most plants and animals can’t make use of it in that form.
Wickham Point 2AM 0434-0437 panorama stitch ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.
Trichodesmium 2AM-000408 ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.
Trichodesmium 2AM-000419 ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.
Trichodesmium 2AM-000422 ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.
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A short series of images from Wombarra in the Illawarra, NSW.
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Some images from Austinmer in the northern Illawarra area of New South Wales, Australia.
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A very powerful weather system is impacting a considerable portion of the east coast of Australia this weekend. Here is the Bureau of Meteorology link and the ABC link.
Here are three images: the first is an aerial image (drone) at Scarborough showing clear weather conditions before the system began to directly impact this section of the Illawarra Coast, and the remaining two images from Bald Hill show the first wave of weather making its way to the coast.
Scarborough-2AM-0014. ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.
Bald Hill 2AM 2771-2772 Panorama. ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.
Bald Hill 2AM-002769. ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.
Here’s to hoping the farmers and graziers get good rain where needed.
Last week (early December, 2015) we witnessed a wonderful series of lightning storms in the northern Illawarra area of New South Wales, Australia. Surrounded, but not underneath any particular cell, the light and drama at Austinmer and Wombarra was spectacular!
Here is a panorama of one of the lightning storm cells bathing Austinmer Beach in amazing light.
Austinmer 2AM 9850-9852 Panorama © Andrew McInnes
Stormy light over the Pacific, incorporating a little of Keswick House.
Keswick House 2AM 9854-9856 HDR © Andrew McInnes
Just a little further north is the village of Wombarra, from where the following three images were captured.
Wombarra Headland 2AM 9864-9866 Panorama © Andrew McInnes
Wombarra Headland 2AM 9867-9869 Panorama © Andrew McInnes
Wombarra Headland 2AM 9887-9888 stack © Andrew McInnes
The final two images include the Wombarra rock pool.
Wombarra Rock Pool 2AM 9900_9903 stack © Andrew McInnes
Wombarra Rock Pool 2AM 9913-9914 © Andrew McInnes
’twas a wonderfully dramatic sky, with quite the lightning show that was ongoing for quite some time. I hope you enjoyed these images.
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