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Elephant drinking among dead trees

The shores of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe are littered with the remains of dead trees reduced to skeletons. Elephants often come out of the thick bush surrounding the lake, and approach the water to drink, amidst a forest of dry trunks.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Zimbabwe
Camera: NIKON Z 6_2
Copyright: © Marco Poggioni