23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Wildlife
When the Forest Dreams
A mountain gorilla rests in the dim ferns of Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, its lone eye catching a blade of light. I made this photograph during a ranger trek in one of the last places where these great apes still survive.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 02.2025 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2025 |
| Photo Location: | Buhona, Uganda |
| Camera: | Canon EOS R5 |
| Copyright: | © Beata Whitehead |