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Ar the water hole


Ar the water hole
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Copyright: Sebastien Burel (sburel) Silver Note Writer [C: 2 W: 2 N: 39] (335)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-12-23
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Nikon D70S, Sigma 80-400 OS
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/500 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-02-04 11:55
Viewed: 1568
Points: 4
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The Ngorongoro Crater is a World Heritage Site situated at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. The crater is the largest unbroken ancient caldera in the world. Nearly three million years old, the once-volcanic Ngorongoro is now considered “Africa’s Garden of Eden” – a haven for thousands of wild game, including lions, elephants, wildebeests, zebras, rhinos, Thomson’s gazelles and buffaloes.


The crater is ringed with steep walls and shelters forests, grasslands, fresh springs and a large soda lake at its centre.

The Ngorongoro volcano before it exploded and collapsed 2 million years ago, was one of the world’s tallest mountains. The crater measures about 19 kilometres (12 miles) across and the rim is 600 metres (2,000 feet) above the crater floor.

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is inhabited by 30 000 animals, all protected within the confines of the crater walls. Resident zebra, wildebeest, Grants and Thomson’s gazelle are a predator's dream. Tanzania’s few remaining black rhino are protected and regularly sighted in the crater, as are large herds of buffalo. Huge tusked elephants, black-maned lions, cheetah and spotted hyena are also found, as well as thousands of lesser and greater flamingoes in the soda lake.
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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3059 W: 231 N: 6135] (20978)
  • [2006-02-04 12:19]

What a fantastic primordial scene, Sebastien.
It gives me goosebumps. Thanks for this outstanding capture. : )

amazing shot
you did a great job
Hope I was there
congratulations
Hamid

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