You will notice that the elephants’ hair will change color in each photo. From the original gray fur color, it changes to white, blue, red, brown, black, etc.
These photographs were сарtᴜгed when the elephants were in close proximity to a desert lake within Namibia’s Etosha National Nature Reserve, where their hair may change color as a result of dust or mud from the lake.
When elephant hair turns green it is due to algae in the mud, sometimes elephant hair turns red due to red soil. Elephants are sometimes completely white due to being covered with dust, sun, wind, and desert sand….
Photographer Anja Denker spent 3 years monіtoгіnɡ the seasonal behavior of elephant herds to take these interesting photos.
White elephants in the desert
The elephant had just emerged from the lake, its fur was brown because of mud
The elephant is blue because its hair is ѕtᴜсk to algae in the lake
An elephant covered in white dust is playing
The elephants’ hair was white as if covered with chalk dust
Elephant hair has a red color due to the typical red soil of Namibia
The elephant is smeared with red and green
A herd of elephants play in a muddy lake to аⱱoіd the heat of the summer day
