20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A Giant Walks Past

Kenya's Amboseli National Park and its surrounding areas are home to a very special kind of elephant: The Super Tuskers. Bulls whose tusks weigh in excess of 100 pounds each, often reaching all the way to the ground. There are said to be only just over 20 left on earth, with the most famous one of them all being Craig, a 52 year old bull believed to have the largest tusks of any African elephant alive today, walking past me in this photograph.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Kenya
Camera: OM-1
Copyright: © Florian Kriechbaumer
Awards
Photo of the Day: 10.04.23