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Namibia - Sossosvlei, little whisps of cloud were in the early morning sky. Evaporating and burning off.
The sandy dunes of Namibia seem to flow straight into the Atlantic ocean
On dirait que les dunes de sable de Namibie plongent dans l’océan Atlantique...
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Having a sundowner is a must in Namibia.
From top of the hill it is absolutely beautiful watching the changing scenery at sunset.
Camp Kipwe, Namibia.
Namibia is home to some 6000 Himba. These friendly people are closely related to the Herero tribe of Namibia and speak the same language. The Himba are semi nomadic, pastoral people who live in Kaokoland in the Northwest of Namibia. The area is very rugged, dry, remote and mountainous. The Himba live by herding sheep, goats and some cattle and they move location several times a year to graze their livestock. Their houses are just simple cone shaped structures made with saplings covered in mud and dung. The Himba maintain their traditional beliefs including ancestor worship and rituals concerning sacred fire (okoruwo) which is considered an important link between the living and the dead.
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Sossusvlei (sometimes written Sossus Vlei) is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. The name Sossusvlei is often used in an extended meaning to refer to the surrounding area (including other neighbouring vleis such as Deadvlei and other high dunes), which is one of the major visitor attractions of Namibia.
Sossusvlei owes this name to the fact that it is an endorheic drainage basin for the ephemeral Tsauchab River. (Wikipedia)
Taken during a 2 week adventure holiday to Namibia with Exodus Travels, October/November 2006. Taken with a borrowed Nikon D50. Originally shot in jpeg format, then recently reprocessed using DxO PhotoLab 4 to try and get the best out of them, as I hadn't really appreciated the possibilities of what I'd taken at the time.
Die Eindrucksvolle Landschaft im fantastischen Licht raubt mir den Atem.
Ich bin schwer beindruckt von den klaren Linien und der stimmungsvollen Natur die Namibia zu bieten hat.
The Dunes in the Sossusvlei are beautiful at any time of the day. The pastel colors of the Dunes change continually from soft yellows to red according to the sun location.
La côte namibienne, dont les dunes orangées contrastent vivement avec le bleu de l'océan Atlantique. Une vue qu'on accueille toujours avec plaisir après avoir survolé tant d'eau et de nuages ! 🇳🇦
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The coast of Namibia contrasts so beautifully against the blue of the Atlantic Ocean, a welcome sight after flying over the water and clouds.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Deadvlei
is a white clay pan located near the more famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, inside the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia. Also written DeadVlei or Dead Vlei, its name means "dead marsh" (from English dead, and Afrikaans vlei, a lake or marsh in a valley between the dunes). The pan also is referred to as "Dooie Vlei" which is the (presumably original) fully Afrikaans name. In Google there are many references to the site, its name often being translated erroneously in terms such as "dead valley"; a vlei is not a valley (which in Afrikaans is "vallei").[1] Nor is the site a valley; the pan is a desiccated vlei.
Dead Vlei has been claimed to be surrounded by the highest sand dunes in the world, the highest reaching 300-400 meters (350m on average, named "Big Daddy" or "Crazy Dune"), which rest on a sandstone terrace.
The clay pan was formed after rainfall, when the Tsauchab river flooded, creating temporary shallow pools where the abundance of water allowed camel thorn trees to grow. When the climate changed, drought hit the area, and sand dunes encroached on the pan, which blocked the river from the area.
The trees died, as there no longer was enough water to survive. There are some species of plants remaining, such as salsola and clumps of !nara, adapted to surviving off the morning mist and very rare rainfall. The remaining skeletons of the trees, which are believed to have died 600-700 years ago (AD 1340- 1430), are now black because the intense sun has scorched them.[2] [3]Though not petrified, the wood does not decompose because it is so dry.[
Hiddenvlei is located near Sossusvlei in the Namib desert in southern Namibia.
The word "vlei" comes from Afrikaans and means "marsh". There are several "vleis" around Sossusvlei - the main ones are Sossusvlei, Deadvlei, and Hiddenvlei. These were all wet salt and clay pans at one point, but over time have dried up, leaving behind surreal landscapes.
This picture was shot at Hiddenvlei in the afternoon, with one of the beautiful twisted trees standing in front of a sand dune catching the late afternoon sunrays.
Namibia
Camera: Canon New F-1 (?)
Film: Fujichrome 100
Scan: Nikon Super Coolscan 4000ED and VueScan 9 x64
Une couleur assez rare sur la planète : le rouge du sol Namibien. La nature avait décidé de strier le paysage dans un sens, et les humains dans un autre, en construisant la route qui le traverse de part en part.
This Namibian landscape, beyond being a study in reds, strikes me as a metaphor or modern times: nature goes one way, and humankind, focused on its short-term needs, follows an incompatible path (yes it’s a road crossing the picture from left to right).
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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