{"id":59336,"date":"2018-08-17T16:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/birds-eye-view-on-welkom-20180817\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:41:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:41:21","slug":"birds-eye-view-on-welkom-20180817","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/birds-eye-view-on-welkom-20180817\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird&#8217;s eye view on Welkom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" \" data-imageid=\"8c540da3-cc0c-4744-ade3-b46909bd1932\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7814\/e57393e711724a36a5d85a826503169d.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fade8d36bf4349b293f4cf6a30ae9e22.jpg\" style=\"max-width:620px;\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p>This photo of Toronto Pan outside Welkom was taken with a drone from Long Road in Bedelia. 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