Namibia

The Gates to the Galaxy

The main gates of Okaukuejo Camp in Etosha National Park, Namibia - with the Milky Way rising in the background. The gates are closed - absolutely no vehicle traffic is allowed in the park at night, part of their efforts to stop Rhino poaching.

Galactic Tower

Nighttime view of the Milky Way behind the Okaukuejo Camp observation tower. Okaukuejo is the largest camp and lodge in Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Rhino Reflection

Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Wildebeest silhouettes at sunrise. Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Sunrise on the flat plains of Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Moon and Elephant

A lone elephant contemplates the crescent moon at the water hole just after sunset. Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Backlit elephant at sunset - Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Seal colony at sunset. Cape Cross, Namibia.

Shipwreck neaer Henties Bay, on the southern end of Namibia's Skeleton Coast.

Sense of Scale

Acacia trees and sand dune. Sossusvlei, Namibia.

Sinuous curves of tall sand dunes - Sossusvlei, Namibia.

Oryx sprint along the plains in front of huge orange sand dunes - Sossusvlei, Namibia.

Sinuous curves of tall sand dunes - Sossusvlei, Namibia.

Craked, dried mud in the seasonal riverbed of Sossusvlei, Namibia - at sunset.

Sand ripples and sunset clouds - Sossusvlei, Namibia.

Sand dune abstract - Sossusvlei, Namibia.

The sand dune known as "Big Daddy - at nearly 1100 feet, one of the tallest dunes in the world.

A lone Acacia (camelthorn) tree in the foreground, with 1000-foot tall sand dunes in the background. Sossusvlei, Namibia.

A black & white rendition of the Sossusvlei sand dunes in Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.

V is for Victory

Daylight has reached one dead camelthorn tree, while another remains in shadow. Sunrise at Deadvlei - a smooth white salt pan nestled between huge orange sand dunes in Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia.

Tricolor

First the sunrise light ignites the distant dune wall, then twilight's shadow creeps closer and closer. Shot just before the daylight reached this cluster of dead camelthorn trees in Deadvlei - a smooth white salt pan nestled between huge orange sand dunes in Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia.

Deadvlei - a smooth white salt pan nestled between huge orange sand dunes in Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia. The preserved skeletons of 900-year-old camelthorn trees provide the sculptural points of interest.

Desert Crow

An African crow perches in a dead camelthorn tree, on the Deadvlei salt pan in Namibia's Namib-Naukluft National Park.

Southern Vortex

Startrails over Deadvlei salt pan in Namibia. Created by stacking together 250 separate thirty-second exposures, shot continuously over several hours.

The Milky Way visible over the Deadvlei salt pan in Namibia. This is one frame of 450 shot overnight as raw material for startrail and timelapse photography. This particular frame captured an especially bright meteor.

Deadvlei - a smooth white salt pan nestled between huge orange sand dunes in Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia. The preserved skeletons of 900-year-old camelthorn trees provide the sculptural points of interest.

Through the Window

Deadvlei - a smooth white salt pan nestled between huge orange sand dunes in Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia. The preserved skeletons of 900-year-old camelthorn trees provide the sculptural points of interest.

Tree Dancers

Deadvlei - a smooth white salt pan nestled between huge orange sand dunes in Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia. The preserved skeletons of 900-year-old camelthorn trees provide the sculptural points of interest.

Kolmanskop ghost town - an abandoned diamond-mining town in southwestern Namibia.

Kolmanskop ghost town - an abandoned diamond-mining town in southwestern Namibia.

Kolmanskop ghost town - an abandoned diamond-mining town in southwestern Namibia.

Kolmanskop ghost town - an abandoned diamond-mining town in southwestern Namibia.

Kolmanskop ghost town - an abandoned diamond-mining town in southwestern Namibia.

Kolmanskop ghost town - an abandoned diamond-mining town in southwestern Namibia.

Kolmanskop ghost town - an abandoned diamond-mining town in southwestern Namibia.

Kolmanskop ghost town - an abandoned diamond-mining town in southwestern Namibia.

Kolmanskop ghost town - an abandoned diamond-mining town in southwestern Namibia.

Kolmanskop ghost town - an abandoned diamond-mining town in southwestern Namibia.

180° panorama of the Milky Way rising over the Quiver Tree forest near Keetmanshoop, Namibia.

Long-exposure capture of star trails over the Quiver Tree forest in Namibia.

The Milky Way rising over the Quiver Tree forest in Namibia.

The Milky Way rising over the Quiver Tree forest in Namibia.

Quiver Tree forest near Keetmanshoop, Namibia.

Quiver Tree forest near Keetmanshoop, Namibia.

Quiver Tree forest near Keetmanshoop, Namibia. Quiver trees are really a species of Aloe plant, not actually a tree.