Showing posts with label Coastal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coastal. Show all posts

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Ben Schreck is an amazing photographer, who always knows how to pick the real motive for his photos. In this collection there are 7 coastal landscapes, which are taken in the Brittany region in France. There are motifs of secluded coastline with rugged cliffs as the Côte Sauvage Quiberon. Tranquil sandy beaches, wild cliffs, the wave of the tide and the nature and coastal landscapes along the coast between Pornic, Saint Nazaire, Guerande, Carnac, Brest and Saint Malo.

In addition, there are numbers of other pictures of islands, bays, harbors and salt marshes, between land and sea, by the departments of Morbihan, Finistère, Côtes d'Armor, Ille et Vilaine, Loire Atlantique, Vendée are on the Atlantic.

For more information about the photography of Ben on his website www.explorerviews.de. All rights of the photos goes to its owner, © Copyright Ben Schreck, the exclusive right to use these gifts on our website

Silent Sea Brittany

 Silent Sea Brittany

Plage pit d Or Penestin Brittany

Mine d'Or in Penestin in Brittany, Coastal Landscapes

Quiberon Pointe Bara

 Quiberon Pointe Bara

Saint Gildas Côte de Jade

Saint Gildas Côte de Jade

Tharon Carrelet

 Tharon Carrelet

Côte Sauvage Brittany Atlantic

Côte Sauvage Brittany Atlantic

Basse Mer, a point of Saint Gildas Loire-Atlantique

Basse Mer, a point of Saint Gildas Loire-Atlantique

What do you think of this coastal landscapes think? If these 7 make you more photos and looking on the official homepage of Ben with the rest of the coastal landscapes? Please give us some feedback of your impressions and feel free to share some photos of other coastal landscapes in the comments below

To see the full collection of coastal landscapes, follow this link :. Explorerviews.de (kustenlandschaften).

You can also go and check https://www.facebook.com/explorerviews where to find his Facebook page you amazing photos.

Friday, March 18, 2016

Namib - in terms of "big business" is the only coastal desert in the world. This is the oldest desert in the world also. This enormous desert extends over 81,000 square kilometers. It covers more than 2,000 kilometers along the Atlantic coast of Angola, Namibia and South Africa.

Although now this desert is not inhabited, in the past there were temporary settlements near the Great Sand Dunes.

This coastal desert is home to many rare and unusual endemic species of flora and fauna, the. With the help of the fog, which survived the only source of water

In 2013, UNESCO declared this Namib Sand Sea as the only coastal desert in the world, have the fog on the great sand dunes.

Dust plumes and the Namib Desert Coast

Image by NASA via Flickr

Bird view of Namibian dunes

This Desert consists of sandy lake near the coast and the dunes are here so often. Some of them are more than 300 meters in height.

Bird view of Namibian dunes, Namib Desert, Namibia

Image by Mariusz Kluzniak via Flickr

The long wall

The long wall is a prominent coastal area of ​​the Namib, which runs along the Sperrgebiet in south-western Namibia.

The long wall, Namib desert, Namibia

By Brian McMorrow [CC-BY-SA-2.5], via Wikimedia Commons

Namib-Naukluft National Park

This is the largest game reserve in Africa and one of the largest in the world. Most of the park is not easily accessible, but there are a number of famous attractions. The most famous sight is the Sossusvlei.

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

Image by Matt Werner via Flickr

Skeleton Coast

Sometimes the whole coast of Namibia is known as the Skeleton Coast, but that's just the northern part of Namibian coast. The name is invented by John Henry Marsh as the title of the book he wrote about the shipwreck of Dunedin Star. Since the book was published in 1994, this coast has been known for that name, and soon it was officially named.

Skeleton Coast, Namib, Namibia

Image by Jean & amp; Nathalie via Flickr

Zeila shipwreck, Skeleton Coast

The Zeila have in the early morning hours in 25 August 2008 near stranded "The Walle", a popular fishing spot south of Henties Bay.

Zeila shipwreck, Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Image by jbdodane via Flickr

Cape Fur Seal Colony of Cape Cross

Cape Fur Seal Colony of Cape Cross, Namibia

Image by jbdodane via Flickr

Sossusvlei

Sossusvlei is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes. the name means literally "dead-end sump". This name may also be in the environment, including Dune 45, Deadvlei and Hiddenvlei relate.

Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia

By Ikiwaner (Own work) [GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

Deadvlei

Deadvlei is a white clay pan in the Namib-Naukluft Park. The name neams "dead marsh". This is the place where the oldest dead trees are found in the world. They died because there was not enough water to survive.

Deadvlei, Namib, Namibia

Image by Santiago Medem via Flickr

Sesriem Canyon

This is a canyon that is about a kilometer long and 30 meters deep. It is approximately 4 km from Sesriem settlement. The Sesriem Canyon is only 2 meters wide in some areas and has a section that contains permanent water to use many animals in order to survive.

Sesriem Canyon, Namib desert, Namibia

Image by T La Rosa via Flickr