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Gnus in front of kopje
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Emmanuelle Combaud (Emmie76)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 264 W: 55 N: 290]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (2009) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2001-12 |
| Categories: Nature |
| Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop |
| Date Submitted: 2006-07-08 13:32 |
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| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
A typical view of Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
For more information on Serengeti, you can have a look at the official website of the park, where you will learn, among other things, how Serengeti was "discovered" in 1913 by an American hunter.
The herd of gnus is in front of what is called a kopje.
Kopje is the term commonly used in East Africa for the rocky outcrops technically known as inselbergs. They consist of very old granite rock which, because of erosion and weathering, has broken up into a rough and jumbled surface. In the open grasslands, where the countryside has been more or less leveled off by deposits of dust and ash from volcanoes of the Rift, kopjes stand out against the surrounding plain.
The kopjes are remarkable in that they have their own range of vegetation and wildlife which, in the case of the open plains, makes them into islands in a sea of grass. On the plains, where there is little shelter from the sun, they provide shade and protection in a habitat free from the dangers of fire and flood.
Source : http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/africa/tanzania/ser_kop.htm |
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Salut Emma, je commente celle la alors que mes doigts voulaient filer sur celle d'avant ... ils y repasseront ;) ... mais celle la arrete encore un peu plus mon ame, car tellement elle invite àl'évasion, si exotique ... le parc du serengueti, ça fait tellement loin pour moi, un autre monde, et comment que j'aimerai bien y aller faire un tour, un trek, uné expé, je sais pas, mais aller voir ça de mes yeux :)
Superbes ces gnoux (hiboux choux)
Une trés belle image, mais qui soufre aparmeent soit d son âge, soit du scanning. Néanmoins, il y a plein de belles choses dedans, comme ce nuage qui contemple un autre nuage, celui du troupeau de buffles... Un troupeau de nuages au dessus d'un nuage de buffles ???
Bien cordialement,
Emmanuel
