Table Mountain - Cape Town Central View, South Africa

Table Mountain rises like a giant wall behind central Cape Town, and this camera looks straight at its flat summit from the city below, as sunlight, rain and drifting cloud change the face of the cliffs through the day.

Its highest point, Maclear's Beacon, stands about 3,563 feet (1,086 m) above the sea. The sandstone on top is 450 to 510 million years old, and around 80 percent of the plants on the mountain are fynbos, found only in this corner of Africa.

A cableway has carried visitors to the top since October 4, 1929. In 2011, Table Mountain was named one of the New7Wonders of Nature. Its Afrikaans name, Tafelberg, simply means "table mountain."

Did You Know? The cloud that often pours over the summit is called the tablecloth. Legend says it's smoke from a pipe-smoking contest between the Devil and a pirate called Van Hunks.

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