An adult African elephant stands on reddish-brown earth adjacent to a dirt track in the Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, South Africa

An adult African elephant stands on reddish-brown earth adjacent to a dirt track in the Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, South Africa. The elephant is positioned slightly left of center, with its body angled slightly away from the viewer, and its head turned to the left, partially obscured by and appearing to interact with dense green and grey-green shrubbery. Its grey-brown, wrinkled hide is visible. The foreground consists of a reddish-brown dirt road with scattered small stones and sparse dry vegetation clumps. Beyond the elephant and foreground, the midground and background are composed of thick bushveld under an overcast sky of uniform grey clouds. No other individuals or artificial structures are present.