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I had always dreamed of going to Africa, but I had never dreamed of beholding the sights before me in the Namib desert of Namibia. The stillness and silence pique the eye’s ability to see, exaggerating the changing hues and contrast of forms. In the dunes of Sossusvlei, one can witness the transformation of color from a soft ivory, to gold, to deep ochre, by just standing still and allowing the passing sun to paint the palette.
Wind, fire and water fashioned these dunes over millions of years, forming peaks up to 1,000 feet. Seasonal winds carried sand westward from the Kalahari desert, while the Benguela current from South Africa’s shores blew in sand off the Atlantic coast. These dunes are the highest in the world, and are some of the oldest on earth. Over time, changing winds shifted their growth and direction. At Deadvlei, the dunes choked off ancient riverbeds, leaving behind 500 year old skeletons of Camel Thorn trees standing on sun-baked mud tiles.
These are the images of my dreams.
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