Black rhinos, horns intact (#1 in Namibia single-image series)

 

 

This mother and calf are black rhinos – the smaller of Africa’s two rhino species

They still “enjoy” a critically endangered conservation status, but numbers have rebounded in recent years.

Circa one third of them live in Namibia.

Photo is copyright Doug Spencer, taken at 9.30 pm on 05 November 2022 in Etosha National Park.

My beloved and I have just returned from Namibia, where we spent most of November 2022.

We have never experienced a more rewarding trip.

A mountain of image selection, deleting, and editing must be “conquered” before I can publish any substantial posts.

Meanwhile, I will publish a series of short, single-image posts which may give you some idea of why my beloved and I regard Namibia as one of “our” planet’s singular, most beautiful, most interesting nations.

At least one of the later, more substantial posts will reveal much more of what went on at one waterhole on the night of 05/11/2022.