Mountain gorillas. Bashny.Net

National Geographic asks its photojournalists variety of tasks. Mathias Klum lot fell to climb high into the mountains in the Virunga National Park in Africa, to investigate the gorilla population. Since the mountain gorillas - a rare and endangered species of animals, Klum had to spend calculations he found animals in the forests of Rwanda, Uganda and Congo.
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1. The mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park. According to the latest data, in the forests of the Virunga National Park, home to 680 gorillas.





2. According to estimates Team gorillas. The photographer Mattias Klum has complained at the end of his journey that gorilla - a very naughty model, refusing to pose for the camera.



3. Communicate with them - like an attempt to ride the storm or hurricane to meet: you never know what will happen the next second, and how events unfold.



4. Protection of forests armed for protection against poachers.



5. A young gorilla on his back to his mother.



6. Mr. Klum Wecome to specialize in the environment and photographing wildlife.



7. Professional experience in a National Geographic photographer of 19 years, during which he managed to accumulate a very solid track record as well as experience.



8. Mattias Klum regret for myself inclined to believe that the endangered gorillas, as well as many other rare animal species can not be saved.



9. "We can not save ourselves from environmental pollution, accidents and fires that provoke themselves," - says Mr. Klum.



10. Opinion of the photographer as pragmatic as it is reasonable. But even in spite of his pessimism, Klum keeps his job, drawing attention to the eternal problems of life on the planet. In parallel with the lighting problems of survival of species photographer gives us an opportunity to get acquainted with the amazing creatures of nature, whose well-being depends on us humans.



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