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Zambezi Elephant #46

Zambezi Elephant #46

An elephant crosses a side channel of the Zambezi River in Zambia at sunset.

An elephant crosses a side channel of the Zambezi River in Zambia at sunset.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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settings

Aperture f/6.7 ISO 400 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 428/1

location

location

Zambia

upload_date

Dec, 2019

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787

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