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Snow leopard

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Notes:

Camera trap photograph, captured in a joint conservation project led by Dr J Marc Foggin (Director, Plateau Perspectives) together with local Tibetan herding community members and management authorities of the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve.

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26 Comments (1–25)

liam.versavel
liam.versavel 10 years ago

Love it

Paldane Chuying
Paldane Chuying 10 years ago

probably the best shot of the majestic animal so far, congratulations Marc.

Congratulations on the SOTD, MarcFoggin. Beautiful picture of a magnificent animal.

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Congratulations Mark! This is a fantastic capture!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 10 years ago

Congratulations Marc. What a beautiful sight. Thanks for sharing this beautiful shot and good luck on your undertaking.

Saumya Wanniarachchi
Saumya Wanniarachchi 10 years ago

Congrats on your SOTD !

Sew
Sew 10 years ago

amazing shot..congratz for the SOTD :D

MarcTe
MarcTe 10 years ago

I think it's one of the best spottings I've seen so far! Great animal, great shot and well deserved SOTD!!!! Congrats :)

Chamalka Dulmini
Chamalka Dulmini 10 years ago

congratulations!

JohnJackson3
JohnJackson3 10 years ago

wow.

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Congratulations on a extremely well deserved SotD !

KathleenMcEachern
KathleenMcEachern 10 years ago

Congratulations!

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

Congratulations Marc .... love the cute big cat.......

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

Congrats Marc, such a cool thing to see, even if it was just through a camera trap!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Fantastic capture Marc! Thank you for sharing, & congratulations on a well-deserved Spotting of the Day!

A camera trap captures a rare glimpse of a wild snow leopard in our Spotting of the Day. Sadly populations of this magnificent cat are decreasing and it is now endangered in the wild.

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Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Fantastic!

Saumya Wanniarachchi
Saumya Wanniarachchi 10 years ago

Love its expression !

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Fantastic!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

epic!

Yasser
Yasser 10 years ago

Unbelievable! What an incredible cat and what an awesome snapshot Marc!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Extraordinary !

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Fantastic photo of one of the rarest animals!

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 10 years ago

Wow, mazing photo for a camera trap! I didn't know they took such beautiful shots! Great color! Great composition! Great cat! Thank you for sharing!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

What an incredible cat. Thanks again Marc.

That day, it was posing for the camera trap, great picture of this wonderful creature. MarcFoggin, thank you for sharing.

MarcFoggin
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MarcFoggin

青海省, Paracel Islands

Spotted on Apr 20, 2010
Submitted on Nov 5, 2013

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