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I hope you like the new photo at the top of the page. I have been experimenting with the page layout and worked out how to put a photo in the 'header'.

This view of Table Mountain was taken from the sea in Table Bay. I took it in May when I visited Robben Island. It is the classic view of the mountain, with Lion's Head on the right and Devil's Peak on the left.

Lion's Head and Devil's Peak are situated in front of the Table, and Lion's Head is much lower. From the Table, you look down on Lion's Head and it looks more like a pimple. It is 669m high. The reason it is called Lion's Head is fairly clear in this photo. The whole green area forms the shape of an animal lying down, with the head to the right and the tail to the left. I suppose it's not too much of a stretch to 'see' a lion, and therefore the peak is called Lion's Head.

The top of Devil's Peak also forms a head - the profile of a face, which is known as the Devil's face. The highest point, the peak, is the tip of the nose and 1001m high.

The highest point on the Table is 1087m, known as Maclear's Beacon, which is on the Eastern Table near Devil's Peak.