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Riding on the back of a 4-ton Asian elephant, my Nikon and I will soon be crushed underfoot in an ignominious fit of revenge and fury. This I a certain of. I turn the camera around, determined to record my last moments and ignoring Amy’s relaxed, oh-brother smile.
I press the shutter and a micro-instant of dread, fear, an anxiety is captured. Or is it just the shame of strapping on a tourists-only safari hat and trying not to believe you just spent good money to trample through gargantuan mounds of pachyderm dung?
Well, at least I got the shot. It only took 0.004 seconds, and now this memory, this wisp of time, is held still forever.