Michael Nichols/National Geographic ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/_medium/img_01.jpg ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/img_01.jpg 3 August 2004 Grand Canyon, USA EOS-1Ds; EF16-35mm f/2.8L USM View of the Grand Canyon, by moonlight. The lightning storm is far in a distance. Michael Nichols/National Geographic ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/_medium/img_02.jpg ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/img_02.jpg 30 August 2004 Grand Canyon, Havasupai Reservation, USA EOS-1Ds; EF16-35mm f/2.8L USM Moonlight, at Havasu falls, in the Havasupai Reservation, Grand Canyon. Michael Nichols/National Geographic ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/_medium/img_03.jpg ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/img_03.jpg 11 April 2006 Zakouma National Park, Sarh, Moyen-Chari, Chad EOS 350D; EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Serval cat, Zakouma National Park, Chad. The cat breaks an infrared beam and makes its own self-portrait. 1st Prize Nature World Press Photo 2007. Michael Nichols/National Geographic ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/_medium/img_04.jpg ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/img_04.jpg 7 May 2006 Zakouma National Park, Sarh, Moyen-Chari, Chad EOS 350D; EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Infrared trap camera captures picture of elephants drinking. Swimming pool overflow makes a waterhole that animals come to in the dry season. Michael Nichols/National Geographic ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/_medium/img_05.jpg ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/img_05.jpg 13 May 2006 Zakouma National Park, Sarh, Moyen-Chari, Chad EOS-1Ds Mark II; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM Aerial view of large group of elephants (700-800). This group is led by one female, and is a composite of hundreds groups of elephants who go to look for new food, created by the fresh rain. The evening this picture is made, 20 elephants were killed by poachers. Michael Nichols/National Geographic ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/_medium/img_06.jpg ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/img_06.jpg 3 June 2006 Zakouma National Park, Sarh, Moyen-Chari, Chad EOS 350D; EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM The Nile crocodile goes into his cave, on the Salamat river, in Zakouma National Park, Chad. The crocodile breaks an infrared beam and makes its own self-portrait. Michael Nichols/National Geographic ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/_medium/img_07.jpg ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/img_07.jpg 21 November 2007 Samburu National Reserve, Northern Kenya EOS-1D Mark III; EF500mm f/4L IS USM Infant elephant in the Samburu National Park, part of the study "Save The Elephants" led by Iain Douglas-Hamilton. ‘Samburu Ladies’, ‘Garatoni's daughter’, visibly sick crosses the river and is violently chased by the ‘Spice Girls’ charging through the river. (Story to appear in National Geographic Magazine in September 2008) Michael Nichols/National Geographic ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/_medium/img_08.jpg ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/img_08.jpg 21 November 2007 Samburu National Reserve, Northern Kenya EOS-1D Mark III; EF500mm f/4L IS USM Infant elephant in the Samburu National Park, part of the study "Save The Elephants" led by Iain Douglas-Hamilton. The ‘Virtues’ play in the river. (Story to appear in National Geographic Magazine in September 2008) Michael Nichols/National Geographic ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/_medium/img_09.jpg ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/img_09.jpg March 2002 Simien Mountains, Ethiopia EOS-1V; EF17-35mm f/2.8L USM The ‘Sharks’, a group of bachelors, look to challenge the lone male who is with a gigantic group of female gelada baboons. The camera is on a small tripod triggered by a radio while the photographer watches with binoculars. Michael Nichols/National Geographic ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/_medium/img_10.jpg ./files/ambassadors/michael_nichols/_showcase/img_10.jpg September 2002 Bateke Plateau, Projet Protection des Gorilles (PPG), Gabon EOS-1V; EF35mm f/1.4L USM Sophie an orphan lowland gorilla who spent 3 years in a tourist hotel has gone back to the wild mothered by a human. Sophie with a gentle personality served as the balance in a group of traumatized orphans.