Showing posts with label Namibia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Namibia. Show all posts

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Sossusvlei is located south of the Namib Desert (Namibia), it is surrounded a salty clay pan of red sand dunes.
Sossusvlei dunes among the highest dunes in the world.
There are some other clay pans beside Sossusvlei Deadvlei like that are more famous, but mistaknly referenced as part of the Sossusvlei
Deadvlei offers amazing sights due to the strong colors :.
Red (the dune itself), White (clay pan), blue (sky that clearly are usually) and black (The dead trees) make this place amazing.
There used to be a river flowing near the proposed water in the acacia trees, which are now all dead

For more information visit Wikipedia -. Sossusvlei, Namibia and Deadvlei

Enlarge map Sossusvlei, Namibia

Next Photo of Harald Süpfle (licensed under CC-BY-SA-2.5)

 Sossusvlei, Namibia

Sossusvlei, Namibia

Next 3 Photos collected by Lourens Olivier (Visit his deviantART page)

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 Deadvlei Namibia

Deadvlei Namibia

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 Deadvlei Namibia

Deadvlei Namibia

 Deadvlei Namibia

Deadvlei Namibia

Next photo of Andrei Duman (Visit Andrei's site)

 Red Dune & amp; amp; Trees

Red Dune & amp; Trees

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

The Skeleton Coast of Namibia lays on coast of the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa.
The cold current along the coast produces dense sea mist for most of the time. The Coast Skeleton Coast is named that way for two reasons, the first is that there are many beached whale and seal bones on the banks (at the time that the whaling industry was still active), and the second reason is the skeletal remains of a ship from offshore rock & amp; amp; , the dense fog
For more information visit Wikipedia - Skeleton Coast

Enlarge map of Namibia's Skeleton Coast

Next Photo of Chris Miller

 Skeleton Coast

Skeleton Coast

Next Photo of Patrick GIRAUD

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