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'They're a very elusive species': The 10-year effort to photograph the rare hyena stalking a diamond mining ghost town

'They're a very elusive species': The 10-year effort to photograph the rare hyena stalking a diamond mining ghost town
world10/15/2025

Ten years in the making: The story behind the award-winning photo of an elusive brown hyena stalking Namibia's diamond ghost towns.

The story behind the award-winning photo of an elusive brown hyena bringing new life to the Namib Desert. At night, the long-abandoned diamond mining town of Kolmanskop is almost empty. The tourists who visit this early 20th-Century settlement near N... [7570 chars]