Perched on the Rim

View from the rim of Ngorongoro Crater.

That tall plant in the foreground is member of the aloe family, perhaps an Aloe arborescenes. On the crater floor in the distance you can make out the outline of the shallow alkaline body of water, Lake Magadi. The steep drop from the rim to the floor is about 2,000 feet (and is a breathtaking experience by 4-wheel vehicle on a switchback road!).

Ngorongoro Crater is world’s largest intact volcanic caldera.

I shot this image on the occasion of my first visit to the region back in 2017.