At the Source of the Nile Photo

Photographer’s Note

Lake Victoria empties into the Nile River at Jinja and the river begins its 4000 mile journey to the Mediterrean here. You can take a short boat ride that goes into the lake to see the changes in both the color and the movement of the water.

John Speke, an English explorer, was the first European to see the source of the Nile, when he arrived here in 1862 after crossing Lake Victoria coming from what is now Tanzania. There are quite a few monuments and plaques here celebrating Speke's "discovery."

Just upriver is the huge Owens Falls Dam, built in 1954, which supplies most of Uganda's and some of Kenya's electricity.

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maciekda (19599) 2004-02-19 21:05

nice colors here, especially his orange jacket is interesting -gives a nice contrast with the blue boat. but I think orange is oversaturated, but maybe it was like that, also it is difficult to see the face of the guy, but i understand it ;-) I also like no smoking sign
nice shot

JacquesLanctot (501) 2004-02-19 22:14

Very nice, good daily life. I like the feeling given by the roof, it is like we were inside of something but I dont think it's the case

Colors are very nice too.

orme (6746) 2004-02-22 0:49

Great shot, Mimi. Excellent colours. I like the way the angles of the boat and roof, create a 'gun sight', which frames the interesting tree in the distance, the orange jacket and the no smoking sign. Well captured.