Giraffe in trees, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia, Okapuka Ranch. A giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis, walks through the trees and grasslands of this private reserve.
Sable Antelope, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia. A pair of Sable Antelope standing in grasses, private game reserve near Windhoek.
Milky Way and Light-painted Quiver Tree, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia, Keetmanshoop. A quiver tree stands beneath the Milky Way and a night sky, with light-painting on the tree.
Sunset light on Quiver Tree, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia, Keetmanshoop. Late afternoon light illuminates the bizarre shape of a quiver tree, aloe dichotoma, in the Quiver Tree Forest.
Golden Light on Quiver Tree
Africa, Namibia. Kokerboom trees, Aloe dichotoma, also known as quiver trees, near Keetmanshoop.
Quiver tree reaches for the sky, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia, Keetmanshoop. A quiver tree, aloe dichotoma, stretches towards a blue sky with clouds.
Quiver Tree root, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia. A quiver tree root (aloe dichotoma) resembles an animal's paw.
Quiver Trees Silhouetted
Africa, Namibia. Sunset sihouettes of Kokerboom trees, Aloe dichotoma, also known as quiver trees, near Keetmanshoop.
Doorways and Dunes, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia, Kolmanskop. Sand fills the rooms of a dormitory in this abandoned mining town.
Africa, Namibia, Kolmanskop. Sand fills the rooms of a building in this abandoned mining town.
A Lone Oryx in Grasses.
Namibia. An oryx, oryx gazella, stands in the grasslands beneath tall hills in Namib Naukluft National Park.
Milky Way and Thatched Guest Hut, Sossusvlei.
Africa, Namibia. The Milkyway rises over the thatched huts of the Sossusvlei Dunes resort, a government-run lodge within Namib-Naukluft National Park.
Shapes and Shadows of Sand Dunes, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia, Namib-Naukluft National Park. Shapes and shadows on the dunes at Sossusvlei.
S-Curve on the Dunes
An s-curve on a tall orange-sand dune in Sossuvlei within Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.
Branching out, Deadvlei, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia, Namib-Naukluft National Park. A dead camelthorn acacia tree makes an expressive gesture in its branches, Deadvlei.
Trees, Dunes and Shadows
Ancient camelthorn acacia tree skeletons stand in the dry bed of Deadvlei, an ancient lake, beneath towering sand dunes, in Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.
Tree Shadow on parched land
Africa, Namibia. Shadow of a tree falls across parched ancient lake bed at Deadvlei in Namib-Naukluft National Park.
A lone oryx, or gemsbok, beneath dunes.
An Oryx, or Gemsbok, stands in the desert beneath tall red sand dunes, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia.
Shapes of Dunes
Namibia. Grasses poplulate some surfaces of the tall red sand dunes at Sossusvlei, in Namib-Naukluft National Park.
Thatched huts and Milky Way, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia, Sossus Dunes Lodge, Namib-Naukluft National Park. The milky way stretches over a hut at the resort.
Rusty old car in Sand, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia. An old car left to rust and be buried by shifting sands.
