Sossusvlei, with it’s massive red dunes and bleached salt pans, is Namibia’s most recognizable landscape. Big Daddy, the tallest dune in the Sossusvlei area and one of the highest dunes in the world, towers over the surrounding dunes at 325m (1,066ft). Extremely high heat and perpetually cloudless skies makes for an extraordinarily arduous 2 hour trek to the top, however climbers are rewarded with breathtaking views of the surrounding landscape. Click on any image to open Hi-Res copy.
Extreme temperatures and long travel time to the dune mandates a very early predawn start to the trailhead. To grasp the scale of the dune, click on the above image to open a larger image, and look for the specks of people over our heads that have started up the ridge.
10 minutes down, almost 2 hours to go.
Windswept ridge.
Almost to the summit, but about to get sandblasted by heavy winds.
Epic views of the Deadvlei and surrounding landscape.
September 13, 2017 | Categories: Africa, Landscape, Namibia, Photography, tourism, Travel | Tags: Africa, big daddy, dunes, namib, Namibia, photography, Safari, sand, sandstorm, sossusvlei | 2 Comments
Light patterns on the Sossusvlei dunes, Namib desert, Namibia
September 10, 2017 | Categories: Africa, Landscape, Lighting, Namibia, Photography, tourism, Travel | Tags: desert, dunes, Light, namib, Namib Naukluft, Namibia, Safari, sand, sandstorm, wind | 1 Comment
Wind patterns on the Sossusvlei dunes, Namib desert, Namibia
September 6, 2017 | Categories: Africa, Landscape, Namibia, Photography, tourism, Travel | Tags: B&W, Black and White, desert, dunes, Landscape, namib, Namibia, Safari, sandstorm, sossusvlei, wind | 1 Comment
Sossusvlei, consisting of a salt and clay pan and surrounding massive red dunes, is located in the Namib Desert, and is the worlds oldest desert. It is where the dunes join together to prevent the Tsauchab River from flowing any further towards the Atlantic, however the river very rarely reaches this arid pan. Walking over the windswept Namibian pan at the beginning of our first climb to the dunes felt as if we were walking on Mars during a sandstorm.
September 5, 2017 | Categories: Africa, Landscape, Namibia, Photography, tourism, Travel | Tags: #tsauchab, Africa, big daddy, dunes, namib, Namib Naukluft, Namibia, park, photography, Safari, sand, sandstorm, sossusvlei | 1 Comment
Namibia, Southern Africa – 2017
Spring of 2017 found my family heading off on an epic bucket-list journey through the wilds of Namibia in southern Africa. Traveling with Southern Cross Safaris, we planned to spend two weeks on backcountry safari, sleeping in tents and utilizing their custom-built “Unimog” off-road vehicle to penetrate deeper into the bush then normally travelled. What follows is a few (lots) of my favorite images from the trip, which were whittled down from the more than 3000 images I captured. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
We start with a shot of a Namibian donkey cart, or Kalahari Ferrari, the quintessential Namibian 4×4 form of transportation seen throughout southern Africa. These fellas bid adieu to us as we left the paved roads a little over an hour into the trip, and for the better part of the next two weeks.
September 4, 2017 | Categories: Africa, Landscape, Namibia, Photography, Street Photography, tourism, Travel | Tags: Africa, Namibia, Safari, Street Photography, Transportation, Travel and Tourism | 1 Comment
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