Mountains In African Savanna

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In the middle of the African Savanna, a frightened zebra clings to an unimpressed giraffe, which stares at river located towards the west. In the expansive landscape, mountains spring up from the earth with a majestic presence that shows their dominance and power in the light grey of the limestone. The jagged curves of the mountains demonstrate the timeless beauty of nature and the earth’s geological past, which slowly transformed the savanna. The sky witnessed these changed over the centuries and began to reflect these transformations in an array of whites and light blues. A cocoon of white patches and soft blues allowed the sun to light up the beauty of the trees.
The trees in the foreground rose up from the earth’s soil with the power of

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