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buffalo drinking water at night
June 6, 2016

A Nightcap

Under a starry night sky in Zimanga Private Game Reserve in South Africa, a group of buffalo finds a cool drink. Your Shot photographer Alison Langevad was one of the first visitors for an overnight hide in the reserve, allowing her to capture this long exposure of “the perfect African moment.”

This photograph was submitted to the 2016 Travel Photographer of the Year contest.

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Photograph by Alison Langevad, National Geographic Your Shot
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