1. Black rhinoceros tanking up at a water hole during the night, Etosha Pan.
2. Plains zebras come in huge herds to drink their fill at an Etosha Pan water hole
3. Getting close enough to a skitrish mare muzzling her foal is quite a challenge.
4. A lacework of animal tracks cover this mountain
5. Wadis flow amid huge uplifted strata.
6. Pink flamingos dot the Atlantic shore and fly in huge skeins.
7. Crescent-shaped dunes drift toward the Atlantic.
8. Sand dunes glide over a penaplaned granite substrate.
9. A mountain of white seems to be melting away.
10. Sossuvlei’s immense orange dunes add a unique note of color.
11. Another view of the Sossuvlei dunes
12. Although composed of loose sand, the dunes are rather static.
13. Climbers are dwarfed by the scale of the dunes.
14. The brilliant orange of the dunes fades as the sun moves.
15. Orange dunes of Sossuvlei blown into wondrous shapes.
16. Ostriches in small groups peck away near Sossuvlei
17. The Skeleton Coast got its name due to the harshness of the Namib Desert, not lacking in beauty
18. Huge crescent-shaped dunes constantly reshape themselves along the Atlantic coast
19. Track in the Skeleton Coast
20. Accacias and mopane in Khumb Dry Riverbed
21. Curious bunch of giraffes in Khumb Dry Riverbed
22. Giraffes survey the neighborhood from up high. They can lope away at surprising speed
23. Four diminutive ostriches confirm the immensity of a mountainscape
24. Desert zebras are amazingly skittish
25. Herero woman chats with t-shirted neighbor
26. Elaborate dresses and cow-horn hats worn by Herero women are in stark contrast to the surrounding desert
27. Oryx herd relishes the grasses in Hoarusib Canyon
28. Oryx, symbol of Namibia, once ranged as far as Arabia
29. A couple of oryx trudge away in Hoarusib Canyon
30. Angry desert elephant mother protects her calf in Hoarusib Canyon
31. Strolling amidst the coastal dunes
32. Ripples in the sand
33. Sand dunes
39. Track leading to Eternity
35. Springbok, “jumping goat” of the desert
36. A view of the brutal Namib Desert from the air
37. In Swakopmund a pretty girl displays her teeth and braided locks
38. Succulents, able to draw moisture from the mists, are prevalent in the desert
39. In Swakopmund, Namibia’s sole Atlantic seaport, sunset draws a small crowd on its pier