Elephant with sun protection in Etosha National Park! 🐘

Etosha means the ”great white area” and refers to the huge salt pan. This is an impressive sight because it’s certainly the biggest salt pan in Africa. This soil supports very little plant life except for the blue-green algae that gives Etosha its characteristic coloring. In the areas where the soil does get wet elephants can be found wallowing, covering their bodies in the mud that forms. This mud then dries into a light white coat.

National Geographic