File:002 The lion king Snyggve in the Serengeti National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Description	English: Wild lion (Panthera leo) Snyggve, son of C-Boy, scanning the horizon in the Serengeti National Park Français : Lion sauvage Snyggve scrutant l'horizon dans le parc national du Serengeti Deutsch: Der wilde Löwe Snyggve scannt den Horizont im Serengeti-Nationalpark Italiano: Il leone selvaggio Snyggve scruta l'orizzonte nel Parco Nazionale del Serengeti
Date	9 July 2020, 10:21:59
Source	Own work
Author	Giles Laurent

Camera location	2° 29′ 43.06″ S, 34° 54′ 59.92″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	-2.495295; 34.916644


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English: Wild lion (Panthera leo) Snyggve, son of C-Boy, scanning the horizon in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

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English: Wild lion (Panthera leo) Snyggve, son of C-Boy, scanning the horizon in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
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	20:19, 25 July 2022		7,952 × 5,304 (23.5 MB)	Giles Laurent	Uploaded own work with UploadWizard

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File:002 The lion king Snyggve in the Serengeti National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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lion

Serengeti National Park

Tanzania

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copyrighted

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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

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Sony α7R III

exposure time

0.0025 second

f-number

5.6

focal length

400 millimetre

ISO speed

100

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image/jpeg

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photograph

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original creation by uploader

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Wiki Loves Earth 2022

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5,304 pixel

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7,952 pixel

coordinates of the point of view

2°29'43.0606"S, 34°54'59.9170"E

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