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Lonely Elephant Babe

Lonely Elephant Babe

A young elephant calf somewhat isolated amid some springbok gazelle in the Etosha National Park, Namibia. It was reunited with its mother soon after....
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A young elephant calf somewhat isolated amid some springbok gazelle in the Etosha National Park, Namibia. It was reunited with its mother soon after.
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NIKON D3S

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Aperture 8/1 ISO 500 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 2000/10

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Jan, 2017

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