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PHOTO OF THE DAY May 6, 2004  

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Where Ivindo National Park, Gabon, Africa
When 2002
Photographer Michael Nichols

"Sniffing the air for danger, a female forest elephant follows her charges into Langoué Bai, a mineral-rich watering hole and wildlife magnet. Discovered by [biologist J. Michael] Fay, this site is now the centerpiece of Gabon's new Ivindo National Park."

—From "Saving Africa's Eden," September 2003, National Geographic magazine

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