Ben Wilhelmi

B/W aerial photography, lake Natron

 

 

lake Natron sits in northern Tanzania, it is a salt lake part of the Rift Valley. Here are details of the rich salt patterns.

 

 

 

 

 

Wildlife in Tanzania

 

I’m pretty sure it was an innocent game. Lake Manyara.

 

Mahale park…the best place in the world to see the chimpanzees from close, who haven’t been tampered with and in a wonderful tropical forest. (Nope, I’m not on anybody’s payroll there anymore)

 

A rare big-tusker that hunters have missed…Ngorongoro crater.

 

A Rüppell’s griffon vulture.

 

Marabou storks feeding on a dead wildebeest while a vulture circles over, Mara river.

 

Ngorongoro crater.

 

Hippo rolling in the mud, Katavi park.

 

Fish eagle (left) chasing a foe (which I haven’t been able to identify)

Sepia portraits, Tanzania

 

 

 

 

 

Aerials in Tanzania

 

A wet airstrip on lake Natron.

 

Maasai women are busy on laundry thanks to a non perennial pond.

 

Nearby some airstrips….

 

 

Detail of the salt lake Natron.

Some pictures in South Sudan

 

2 impromptu portraits.

 

A truck parks in a C130 tail to get offloaded..

 

USAid was there, delivered 1000’s of these 50kg bags.

 

Bullet hole in a military vehicle. The fate of the driver is unknown.

 

A nice smile from a passenger.

 

The Billy Boys.

 

This traditional Spanish dress has travelled a long way….

B/W portraits, Tanzania