Tag: Namibia

These dunes are just behind the Skeleton Coast, not far from the generally-dry mouth of the Hoarusib River.

Their appearance changes radically, as the sun’s position shifts, clouds form, move or disappear, and as fog rolls in, intensifies, or “burns” off.

Generally reckoned the world’s oldest desert, the Namib is “another world”, albeit part – a singular part – of “our” planet.

Humans cannot yet directly experience the Martian landscape, but a few of us are lucky enough to have experienced the Namib.

Atlantic fog-factor permitting, early morning affords your eyes and camera their best chance to experience/capture crisp, sharp views of some of the world’s most astonishing vistas.

(Namibia’s western side is one of “our” planet’s least rainy regions, but also one of the foggiest)

Once the sun is “high” and the heat is “on”, the light becomes flatter, yet harsher, and heat haze destroys fine detail.

However, late morning has its own special charm…