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Red giant (Vintage)

African elephant (Loxodonta africana)

The red elephants of Tsavo are the only red elephants in the world. They are actually the same colour as all other elephants, they just appear red because they are constantly 'bathing' in the park's fine red laterite dust.

Tsavo East National Park in the Voi area

Kenya in April 1991

Edited scan from analogue film

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Roter Riese (Vintage)

Afrikanischer Elefant (Loxodonta africana)

Die roten Elefanten von Tsavo sind die einzigen roten Elefanten der Welt. Eigentlich haben sie die gleiche Farbe wie alle anderen Elefanten, sie erscheinen nur rot, weil sie ständig im feinen roten Lateritstaub des Parks 'baden'.

Tsavo East National Park in der Gegend von Voi

Kenia im April 1991

Bearbeiteter Scan vom Analogfilm

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Taken on December 31, 2011