Basks in wadi, Augrabies National Park, South Africa. Warning, image (below the fold) is a bit large.
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You really ought to have used a thumbnail. That pic is over 1MB. That size may be cheaper than it's ever been to store and transmit, but it is murder on portable low-bandwidth devices or slower connections.
Ooops. That was supposed to be a thumbnail.