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India’s President Pratibha Patil became the first international dignitary to visit Table Mountain since it was officially confirmed a New7Wonder of Nature on May 3.

We love this footage of a southern rock agama lizard (agama atra), quenching its thirst in the heat at a water tap on Table Mountain.

The wait is over for Komodo Island in Indonesia – it is now officially a New7Wonder of Nature.

This graceful bloom is a common, yet always welcome, sight on Table Mountain.

One of Table Mountain National Park’s newest discoveries, the leaproach (Saltoblattella montistabularis), may be related to the common cockroach, but it is very different in many ways.

Autumn is a time when the days become shorter and the sun often shines through the rain.

Photo courtesy Betty L

Here are a few seconds of footage depicting a blanket of clouds slowly covering Table Mountain, with only the call of seagulls to break the silence.

Some of the most beautiful sunsets take place in Cape Town, with Table Mountain beside the sun.

The Cape grey mongoose (Galerella pulverulenta) is a tough and deadly animal.

One of the slowest inhabitants of Table Mountain, but by no means the least important, is the tortoise.