As the sun sets in Botswana, a family of elephants makes its way across the savanna through a low fog. Nathan waited for hours while photographing on safari to get this picture of the herd trumpeting at last light. The result captures the tranquility of the moment as these majestic giants move at a calm and deliberate pace. The warm, golden light of dusk highlights their silhouettes, evoking a peaceful transition from day to night. Elephants live in matriarchal herds. They’re incredibly intelligent and social—they can form deep bonds that span many years. Elephants are also sophisticated, multisensory communicators that use vocalizations, expressions, gestures, touch, and scent to convey messages to other elephants. They’re even able to communicate with each other across distances as great as 10 kilometers by producing low-frequency, infrasonic calls. Inaudible to humans, these rumbles travel through the air and seismically through the ground.

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