Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa,
1998
Photograph by Chris Johns
"A cheetah ambling across a field is among the most beautiful animals on Earth, long-legged and slim, shoulders rolling, lithe as a fashion model on the runway."
—Text from "Cheetahs: Ghosts of the Grasslands," December 1999, National Geographic magazine
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cheetahs: Ghosts of the Grasslands," December 1999, National Geographic magazine)