Photo highlights of Gabon

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Meandering river in the lowlands of Gabon

Baby gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)

Male silverback gorilla standing tall

Forest elephant heading toward the jungle in Loango National Park

Forest elephant in Gabon

African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) on forest edge

Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)

Disturbance causing waves in Mpivie river

Damage caused by forest elephants

African slender-snouted crocodile, Cocodrilo hociquifino africano

Rainforest frog in leaf litter

Vines in the rainforest

Blue and green butterfly

Sun-tipped flowers

Rain forest along the Mpivie river in Gabon

Mushroom on the forest floor

Purple heron in flight

Unknown frog with broad tan and brown bands and blue spots

Silverback gorilla

Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower

Juvenile Nile crocodile captured for a population survey

Bamboo forest

Mudskippers (Periopthalmus) fish in esutary

Black and white striped caterpillar with orange head

Sunrise over the Gabonese rainforest of Loango National Park

Calisthenics before soccer practice in rural Gabon

Child in Gabon

Rainforest log adandoned after being washed ashore on a remote beach in Gabon

Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon

Logging road and deforestation in Gabon

Bulldozers in the field near a tract of forest

Rainforest timber in port

Hippo tracks leading into the Atlantic Ocean at sunset

Sunrise on Evengue lagoon

Adult silberback gorilla

Young lowland gorilla

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