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Photo credits
Some of the photos on this website were taken by other photographers and shared under licences that let us use them. Here they are, with thanks.
| Photo | Photographer | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| A mountain gorilla feeding on a stem in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda | Rod Waddington / Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Sunset over the top of Murchison Falls, where the Nile forces through a narrow gorge | Rod Waddington / Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Islands and forested hills on Lake Bunyonyi at dusk | Rod Waddington / Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Sunbeams over the open grassland and mountains of Kidepo Valley | Rod Waddington / Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| A lion and lioness on a rock outcrop in Kidepo Valley | Rod Waddington / Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Uganda kob standing in golden grass in Queen Elizabeth National Park | flowcomm / Flickr | CC BY 2.0 |
| A Virunga volcano rising above farmland and eucalyptus trees | John Cooke / Flickr | CC BY 2.0 |
| A volcanologist filming inside the steaming crater of Mount Nyiragongo | MONUSCO Photos / Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Forested hills of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park seen from Buhoma (see post) | Josefito123 / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Shoebill standing in tall grass in the Mabamba wetland near Entebbe, Uganda (see post) | Sjoerdug / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A yellow raft with helmeted paddlers punching through a white-water rapid on the Nile near Jinja (see post) | Owobusingye / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 4.0 |
| The great thatched Muzibu Azaala Mpanga at the Kasubi Tombs in Kampala, photographed in 2009 before the fire (see post) | Karl.Mustermann / Wikimedia Commons | Public domain |
| Male standard-winged nightjar resting on bare ground, its two long wing standards trailing behind it (see post) | Paul Cools / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| The huge buttress roots of the Nakayima tree on Mubende hill, with another large trunk beside it (see post) | Eustusm10 / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Black-and-white-casqued hornbill perched on a branch, showing its large pale-topped casque and white wing patch (see post) | Tommy Andriollo / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 4.0 |
| A dirt path winding through bush and trees at the entrance to Bigo bya Mugyenyi (see post) | Aishablue / Wikimedia Commons | CC0 |
| Aerial view of Misali Island and its surrounding coral reef off the coast of Pemba (see post) | Jojona / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| The Virunga volcanoes, including Muhavura, Gahinga and Sabinyo, seen across Lake Mutanda in Kisoro District (see post) | Sjoerdug / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| The cliffs and ridges of Mount Moroto rising above dry bush, seen from the west (see post) | Eright / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| A young male and a female sitatunga in wet grassland in Zambia (see post) | Michael Bakker Paiva / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 4.0 |
| Aerial view of Ssezibwa Falls tumbling into the river, surrounded by forest and gardens (see post) | Dixon099 / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Red concentric-circle paintings on a granite rock face at the Nyero rock art site in eastern Uganda (see post) | Bonny.olobo / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A tourist launch boat on the Nile in Murchison Falls National Park, with forested banks behind (see post) | Ssemmanda will / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Golden monkey eating bamboo in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda (see post) | Charles J. Sharp / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Great blue turaco perched among green leaves at Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, Uganda (see post) | Bernard Dupont / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| A paved path between clipped hedges leading to the thatched tomb house at Mparo Royal Tombs near Hoima (see post) | Jameswasswa / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Rwenzori turaco perched in a mossy tree in Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda (see post) | Jgdb500 (edit by MPF) / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A deep round pit in the ground surrounded by leaf litter at the Ttanda pits (see post) | Kateregga1 / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A southern white rhino in long grass at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, where Ajai’s rhinos came from (see post) | Bernard DUPONT / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| A salt pan with a crust of salt on the shore of Lake Katwe, Uganda (see post) | Sandra Aceng / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| The main Sipi waterfall dropping down a tall orange cliff on the slopes of Mount Elgon (see post) | Kateregga1 / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A herd of elephants among acacia trees on the grassy plains of Kidepo Valley National Park (see post) | Kateregga1 / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| The Uganda Equator monument at Kikorongo, with a yellow line painted across the paving (see post) | B722N / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A white-bellied (tree) pangolin at the base of a tree trunk in a West African forest at night (see post) | Charles J. Sharp / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| An Egyptian fruit bat hanging from a rock face in Uganda (see post) | MgeniNL / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 4.0 |
| Aerial view of Lake Nkugute, a crater lake in Rubirizi, with a road curving around its shore (see post) | Dixon099 / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 4.0 |
| Punishment Island, a tiny grassy island with a single tree, on Lake Bunyonyi, seen from a canoe (see post) | Mosmas / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 3.0 |
| The Katonga River wetland with reeds and open water, seen from near the Kampala–Masaka highway (see post) | Emma Oruk / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Other photos come from Unsplash, including work by Acacia Collections, Adrien Olichon, Ahmed Galal, Dixon Newman, Dmitrii Zhodzishskii, Ed Wingate, Felix M. Dorn, Henrik Hansen, Hu Chen, Jonathan Göhner, Meg von Haartman, Murad Agaev, Noorulabdeen Ahmad, Simone Dinoia, Stephan Bechert, Thierry Grossglauser and many more. Thank you to every photographer who shares their work.