A backlit portrait of a lion, Panthera leo, at sunset. Voi, Tsavo Conservation Area, Kenya.

panthera leo lion panthera leo natural reserve natural area adult male predator alone head mane profile shot backlighting day carnivore diet tsavo national park panthera endangered iucn en best of vulnerable iucn vu national park february coast province black background nobody lions nature reserves nature reserve nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems adults males predators predatory single lonely only solo one lone heads manes profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view backlightings backlit days daytime carnivorous animal carnivores diet carnivorous animals meat eating animal meat eating animals endangered species beautiful image beautiful images vulnerable species national parks sensitive natural areas black backgrounds with nobody big cat wildcat feline carnivoran mammal wild animal animal environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment naturalness area stage of development individual predation relation between species species enumeration general morphology morphology organism morphology zoology shot light effect atmosphere ambiance diet pattern kenya east africa africa felidae carnivora mammalia therapsida synapsida vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota threatened endangered species iucn red list of threatened species convention on international trade in endangered species of wild cites)