World Lion Day – 10 August 2015 - a photo on Flickriver

World Lion Day – 10 August 2015

Today is World Lion Day. In celebration of this remarkable creature, here is an image I took on Safari in the northeastern part of South Africa, earlier this summer.

"Guarding our temples, adorning our flags, decorating our coins and capturing our hearts, the lion is beyond doubt the world’s most iconic species. On almost every continent, and in thousands of cultures, the lion can be found demonstrating man’s fascination with this magnificent beast. Despite the lions’ symbolic importance throughout the ages, today they are suffering from a silent extinction across Africa and India. Knowledge of the King of Beasts’ plight is little known. World Lion Day is the first global campaign to celebrate the importance of the lion worldwide. Since the dawn of man the lion has played an integral role in our lives: symbolically, religiously, culturally, economically and biologically. To lose the lion from our world would be to lose part of our global heritage.

Wherever you may be, join us on August 10th to celebrate the lion, create much needed conservation awareness and help us save the King of Beasts and his kingdom."
[from worldlionday.com/the-campaign/ ]

Taken in: South Africa / Limpopo / Phalaborwa (show map)

Taken on: June 9, 2015

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Panthera leo

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Sets appears in: • Africa • 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 II M.Zuiko lens more » • Olympus OM-D E-M5 • Critters « less

Camera: Olympus E-M5, f/5.9, 1/250 sec, 171mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M5
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.75-300mm F4.8-6.7 II
Aperture:	f/5.9
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	171mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.0 (Macintosh)
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