Lilac-breasted-roller-about-to-fly, Okavango Delta, Botswana The lilac breast roller is one of the most colourful African birds. The bird is standing on one of the large light-coloured termite mounds that are common in the Okavango.

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$Naturally-occuring-fractals-3,-Etosha-Pan,-Namibia The rains dissolve the salts from this saline pan and as the rains dry, the encrusted salts outline the former water channels, while the larger lakes are drying from the edges. During the dry season the wildlife congregates at the remaining pools of water and the natural springs.$

Cheetah in action at sunrise, Otjiwarongo, Namibia

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Marlice and her cheetah at sunset, Na'ankuse, Namibia. Cheetah are the most 'tameable' of the big cats when raised from a very young age, as this one was, but they are still wild animals. Marlice and her colleagues at the Na'ankuse Foundation have the skills and the proper facilities to take good care of the cheetahs and to rehabilitate them for release into the wild. (They have the loudest, most fantastic purr I have ever heard!!)

Cheetah silhouetted by the setting sun, Na'ankuse, Namibia

Robin-eating-crab-apples,-Delta-Dyke,-Delta,-BC

My newish Sigma lens (150-500 mm) had to go in for repair a couple of times since I bought it less than 12 months ago (aufofocus failure), so Sigma replaced it last week with a new lens. Thought I would take a break from editing my foreign photos and get out locally this weekend to check out the replacement lens. So far, so good. At the larger sizes, you can see the apple 'sauce' on the bird's beak.

Lilac-breasted-roller-about-to-fly, Okavango Delta, Botswana

The lilac breast roller is one of the most colourful African birds. The bird is standing on one of the large light-coloured termite mounds that are common in the Okavango.

Mulberry-bark-paper-umbrellas,-Myanmar

All parts of the umbrellas are hand made and assembled on site. One of the wonderful things about Myanmar are the large numbers of artisans who are crafting hand made items using skills that are rapidly being lost in the West.
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http://www.allenfotowild.com/DailyPhoto/Daily-1/27299569_MWnvgh#!i=2315921473&k=QT2R972

Lilac-breasted-roller-about-to-fly, Okavango Delta, Botswana

The lilac breast roller is one of the most colourful African birds. The bird is standing on one of the large light-coloured termite mounds that are common in the Okavango.