The Sun Sets in Mara by mariomoreno

This image was captured during a Maasai Mara Photo Safari I led last year. An iconic sunset image with a silhouette of a lonely bull Elephant walking on the open plains of Maasai Mara.

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A Zebra On The Plains by mariomoreno

HAPPY XMAS !! A Zebra walking on the open plains of the Mara North Conservancy in Kenya. Join me in 2016 on an upcoming Maasai Mara Photo Safari

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Elephant Sunrise by morkelerasmus

A magnificent early morning scene on the plains of the Mara Triangle in Kenya.

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Leap of Youth by morkelerasmus

There are few spectacles in nature that compare to the drama of the annual Great Migration between the Serengeti and Maasai Mara…I am just back from hosting a photo safari to our authentic camp on the banks of the Mara river – and our guests had several EPIC crossings very close to camp…

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Rising Sun in Mara by mariomoreno

The sun rises in the Mara North Conservancy in Kenya. this image was captured during one of this year’s photographic safaris to Maasai Mara. If you would like to join me next year go to The Maasai Mara Photo Safari

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Where’s Waldo? by stephenoachs

There are a few Zebra’s in East Africa…about 250,000 during the August/September migration, as a rough estimate (I lost count). Very cool animals, especially their extremely unique look…stripes.

Stripes? What’s up with that? Well, people much smarter than me have been studying this mystery for a long time…all the way back to Darwin, who dismissed the idea that the stripes acted as camouflage based on their herd mentality. So other theories exist, the most recent study suggests the stripes could provide a variable temperature across the body as certain areas would be warmer than others given black absorbs heat, and white reflects.

Another cool fact…like fingerprints and snowflakes…no two zebra’s have the exact same stripes.

What do I think? I haven’t a clue but they are a very cool species!

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