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African Landscape Collection (page 3)

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: During the annual migration of up to 1

During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year, the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: An aerial photograph of the wildebeest migration in Masai Mara

An aerial photograph of the wildebeest migration in Masai Mara. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest join the migration from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: Kenya, Central Highlands

Kenya, Central Highlands, Mount Kenya, 17, 058 feet high, is Africas second highest snow-capped mountain. The plant in the foreground is a giant groundsel or tree senecio

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: A hardy Commiphora tree thrives beside Lake Magadi

A hardy Commiphora tree thrives beside Lake Magadi, an alkaline lake of the Rift Valley system, situated in a vey hot region of southern Kenya

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: As weeks without rain turn into months

As weeks without rain turn into months, the vegetation of the semi-arid thorn scrub country of south Turkana district begins to turn brown and many trees shed their leaves

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: At the onset of rain

At the onset of rain, thorn trees burst into leaf and the vegetation of the semi-arid countryside looks fresh and green for a while. The sharp peak of the impressive mountain range is called Kakurotom

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: Inhospitable

Inhospitable, semi-arid, thorn scrub country northwest of Lodwar, the administrative centre of the Turkana people. All the hills and mountains are of volcanic origin

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: Semi-arid, thorn scrub country

Semi-arid, thorn scrub country, littered with lava debris, near Parkati. Being extremely hot and dry, the area is only used by the nomadic Turkana for grazing goats and camels

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: An aerial view of the southern end of Lake Turkana

An aerial view of the southern end of Lake Turkana, which is named Von H_hnel Bay after the Austrian naval officer who was part of an epic journey of exploration to reach the lake in 1888

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: A Samburu man looks out over a vast tract of unspoilt

A Samburu man looks out over a vast tract of unspoilt country as storm clouds gather in the far distant

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: Looking down over the Ewaso Nyiro River whilst horse riding at Sabuk

Looking down over the Ewaso Nyiro River whilst horse riding at Sabuk. (MR)

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery

Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: On the inhospitable lava-strewn hills surrounding the

On the inhospitable lava-strewn hills surrounding the inlet of Ghoubbet el Khar‰ b (the Devils Throat), a relative of the Dragons Blood Tree (Dracaena orbet)

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: After a rain shower

After a rain shower, shrubs of the Pea family (Papilionoideae) give a splash of colour to the forbidding landscape near Ghoubbet el Kharab (the Devils Throat)

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: Pure salt crystallizes on the flats beside Lake Assal

Pure salt crystallizes on the flats beside Lake Assal. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa

Background imageAfrican Landscape Collection: Quiver Tree Forest

Quiver Tree Forest. Under bright, full moonlight, a starlit sky moves with the earths rotation during this ten minute exposure



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