Thunderbolt and lightning: As the heavens open once more, the lioness makes her way across the muddy, watery plains
These stunning images taken last week show drought turned to flood on the national reserve in southern Kenya, and lone animals who did not make it to shelter in time.
They include a lioness teetering on a small mound of earth, before 'island hopping' between small patches of land still visible above the giant puddles. Another image shows a forlorn gazelle hunched and exposed to the heavy rains.
The images were taken by British wildlife photographer and guide Paul Goldstein, from Wimbledon, south London.
'Last week the drought in Kenya's Masai Mara was broken. Violently,' Mr Goldstein explains.
No way of staying dry: The lioness wades through the water which comes up her elbows
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