Friday, August 9, 2013

National Geographic uses drones and robots to capture stunning images of African lions


© Michael Nichols/National Geographic


Michael Nichols has spent the past two years living with lions in Tanzania. An award-winning photographer and editor, Nichols ventured into Africa's Serengeti Plain in July 2011 to document a pride of lions for a feature story in this month's issue of National Geographic. The idea, according to the magazine, was to provide a more intimate glimpse into the daily lives of one of the world’s most fearsome predators — and to photograph them like never before.


"You don't want to be looking down on animals. They hate it; it is demeaning to them," the photographer said in an interview with National Geographic earlier this month. "I couldn't bear photographing lions looking down on them; it made me...


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