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Indonesia, 2024 (#12 in teaser series: “Golden Hour” in Raja Ampat)

 

Photographers prize “the golden hour” – a non-precise term for something that occurs twice-daily on days when the sun is not entirely obscured by clouds.

Shortly after sunrise and shortly before sunset the sun nears the horizon, and “our” planet is bathed in flattering, “honeyed” light.

Raja Ampat’s karst-dotted seascape is exquisite during “golden hour”; I took the featured image from “our” pinisi at 5.44 pm on 10 October 2024.

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Indonesia, 2024 (#11 in teaser series: karst..of thousands)

 

Karst, as defined in its Wikipedia entry:

a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground.

Much of Raja Ampat – including more than one thousand of its small islands, isles and islets – is karst.

The soluble nature of the relevant rock is often unmistakably evident.

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Indonesia, 2024 (#10 in teaser series: twilight in Raja Ampat)

 

 

You are looking at a perfectly ordinary twilight – perfectly ordinary by Raja Ampat standards, at least.

Both photos were taken within a few seconds of each other, several hours after our visit to Aduwey; eventually, a series of multi-image posts will show what happened in its classroom.

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Indonesia, 2024 (#9 in teaser series: Aduwey village school’s verandah)

Visiting “westerners” are likely to experience a complex series of emotions and hunches whenever they first set foot in a “third world” school.

I and my beloved are “old hands” in this respect, having previously visited “Christian”, “Hindu”, “Muslim” and “secular” schools in various, “remote” parts of Africa, Asia and Madagascar.

Nonetheless, our visit to Aduwey village’s school proved very surprising, inspiring…and slightly disturbing.

(as future, multi-image posts will eventually explain/illustrate)

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Indonesia, 2024 (#8 in teaser series: Aduwey village – orchids, clothesline)

 

 

 

As we walked from the jetty to the school in Aduwey village, it was easy to see that most inhabitants were not materially wealthy.

It was also readily apparent that they had self-respect, they enjoyed each other’s company, meticulously maintained their houses and paths, and fully appreciated the natural beauty of their particular part of the world.

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Indonesia, 2024 (#6 in teaser series: Misool Island, Raja Ampat)

 

I took this post’s photo 8.07 am on 09 0ctober 2024, as we were preparing to head to the pictured shore – that of Misool Island, one of Raja Ampat’s four “main” islands.

The other 1500+  islands, islets and atolls are all much smaller; most are rainforest-clad.

The waters around them are currently “our” planet’s’ most species-rich; their clarity is oft-astonishing.

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