Photo of the Day

Wildebeests jumping into water
November 18, 2010

Wildebeests, Kenya

This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Migration Photos

The wildebeest migration is considered one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on Earth, involving up to 1.5 million wildebeests as well as hundreds of thousands of other animals, including zebra and gazelle.

(This photograph was submitted to My Shot.)



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Photograph by Murray Macdonald, My Shot

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