Sunday sunset

With snow sprinkled over the high ground and the rest of Cape Town washed clean by the rains, the world has taken on a magical quality of intense clarity, with everything seeming magnified in its beauty through the pristine air, the clouds and mountains painted in the finest colours of nature.

In a matter of hours, the rain clouds gave way to puffy pillows, the sun gleaming off the thunderheads, and the sea smoothed to a glassy finish, soon populated by vessels of all sizes scudding up and down the coast. A spectacular cloud formation perfectly positioned to capture the setting sun brought everyone who has a camera down to the sea front, and despite the icy temperatures, a couple of intrepid children who didn't care if they were wet and doubtless didn't notice the cold, frolicked in the Kom with their small dog, bringing activity into an otherwise peaceful late Sunday sunset scene.