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Jackson Hole’s new Instagram filter warns you when you’re dangerously close to wildlife

Now you can take selfies more safely.

Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board has created an open-source Instagram filter to help visitors gauge if they’re at a safe distance from wildlife to take photos. The board hopes the tool will help better protect tourists visiting wildlife destinations — and the animals they’re watching — during the busy summer travel season. “We want to see the numbers of stunning wildlife images on the rise and incidents and accidents steeply decline,” said Crista Valentino, executive director of the Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board.

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