21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Bat Moon

The annual Kasanka bat migration is the planet's largest mammal migration. Between October and December, up to ten million straw-colored fruit bats descend into a tiny patch of evergreen swamp forest inside Kasanka National Park, northern Zambia.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Zambia
Copyright: © Turgay Uzer