Incredible Photo of Lazing Lions Wins Wildlife Photography Contest — livescience.com

A stunning black-and-white photo of five lionesses relaxing with their cubs in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park has taken the top prize at the 50th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, held this week at London's Natural History Museum. The image, snapped by American photographer Michael Nichols, shows the Vumbi pride resting on a kopje, or rocky formation, as the late afternoon sun beams on the expansive plains of the Serengeti. The photo expresses the essence of the lions as people typically visualize them — basking in nature, away from the threat of human activity, Nichols said in a statement.

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