Spring 2025

The Etosha National Park in Namibia is one of Frediani’s favorite places to shoot. This 2007 photo depicts several species attracted to the water that pools here. The elephants cover themselves with dust to repel insects and stay cool. There are three dusty twisters in the frame as well. 122 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S P R I N G 2 0 2 5 Short legged, low to the ground, manuls (also known as Pallas’s cat) are well adapted to life in the Mongolian steppe. A mother hides her kittens in the rocks while she’s out hunting and the babies (such as this one who successfully cap- tured a rodent) come out in the evenings.