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Namibia

Photo Story: Namibia

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A further two hour trip through the old river valley brought the dunes over the horizon, more and more magnificent in their fluctuating colors as sunlight played across their undulations.

Sossusvlei

Dunes are numbered and named. The plains and Naukluft mountains are viewed from high on number 45 Elim Dune.

Plains
Plains
Wildlife
Wildlife
Sunset
Sunset

The elevated view seems unnecessary.

Hot air
Hot air

This is the beginning of the oldest and highest dunes in the world.

Dunes
Dunes

The dunes shift and change shape in the ever changing in the light.

Dunes
Dunes
Dunes
Dunes
Dunes
Dunes

300 meters of sand means that scale is deceptive.

Dune
Dune