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Namibia, Namib Wüste, Namib-Naukluft-Park
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Die Namib ist mit einem Alter von rund 80 Millionen Jahren die älteste Wüste der Welt und zugleich einer der unwirtlichsten Orte des Planeten. Bei Tagestemperaturen deutlich über 50 °C, Nachttemperaturen von unter 0 °C, jahrzehntelang andauernden Trockenperioden sowie häufigen Sandstürmen sind Pflanzen und Tiere extremen Lebensbedingungen ausgesetzt.
This photo was taken in November 1989 during a UN mission (UNTAG) in Namibia with a Canon FTb QL.
One of my targets was Sossusvlei and Dune 45. It owes its name to the fact that it is 45 kilometers away from the park entrance. The Dune 45 is around 170 meters high. I have the recording originally taken with a Kodak slide film and later digitized.
MONDLANDSCHAFT bei SWAKOPMUND (Wiki): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swakop
FORUM: www.namibia-forum.ch/
NAMIBIA (Wiki): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia
SWAKOPMUND (Wiki): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swakopmund
FORUM: www.namibia-forum.ch/
NAMIBIA (Wiki): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia
The quiver tree or "Kokerboom" is one of the most interesting and characteristic plants of the very hot and dry parts of Namibia. Actually it is no tree, but an aloe plant. The plant is called a "Kokerboom" because some Bushmen and Hottentot tribes used the tough, pliable bark and branches to make quivers for their arrows. "Koker" is the Afrikaans word for quiver.
The quiver tree is a stout tree up to 9 metres high with a smooth trunk which can be up to one metre in diameter at ground level. The plants are usually found growing singly but in some areas the plants grow in large groups, giving the effect of a forest. The quiver tree propogates only by seeds. They have their first flowers when they are about 20 to 30 years old. The flowers are branch panicles up to 30 cm tall from the base of the penducle to the apex of the terminal of the racem. The flowers have a bright yellow colour. The flowering-season is in the winter during June and July.
Reiterdenkmal - erbaut 1912 zur Erinnerung an die gefallen Soldaten der deutschen Schutztruppen in Namibia.
AOBA-Lodge
ETOSHA-AOBA-LODGE: www.etosha-aoba-lodge.com/
FORUM: www.namibia-forum.ch/
NAMIBIA (Wiki): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia
Taken during a 2 week adventure holiday to Namibia with Exodus Travels, October/November 2006. Image taken with a borrowed Minolta Dynax 5D camera, the first DSLR that I ever used. 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.
when you drive through Namibia you can find all sorts of unexpected ... and this year - WATER .. as valuable as gold, this year it did rain ... praise for the gods or who you ever believe in ...
Wollsackkorrosion: Der harte Wechsel von Hitze und Kälte sprengt irgendwann den Felsen.
WÜSTENQUELL FARM: de.wustenquell.com/
FORUM: www.namibia-forum.ch/
NAMIBIA (Wiki): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia