Admire the world's oldest desert

With this aerial photographic angle, viewers feel a unique, new look at the Namib desert.

Formed about 80 million years ago, stretching from western Namibia to the northern border of South Africa, with a total area of ​​55,000 km ² , the Namib Desert is considered the oldest desert in the world. For many people, the Namib Desert appears as a charismatic Martian land.

With a major aerial view, the photographer Peter Adams portrays that 'land' with full details, from the strange and diverse shapes of sand dunes, to shrubs and creatures , Dead valley. Through each photo, it seems that we are straying into a strange planet, or maybe . it's a whole piece of chocolate.

The Namib Desert has 2 types of sand dunes - one is sandy, easily deformed by the wind and one includes 'hard' stones and stones that are hard to change shape.

Desert dunes are formed by sand "thousands" of miles away from the hinterland, through wind, rivers, even the sea.

Because the wind is not constantly blowing strongly, the Namib Desert retains the dryness enough to maintain the rivers and the fog for the development of the organism.

The average night temperature is 0 ° C and the average daytime temperature is 50 ° C. With such a large temperature difference between day and night, the Namib Desert is home to many of the most exotic plants and animals in the world.

Although very harsh, the Namib Desert is also home to the Topnaar tribe. Topnaar residents have successfully bred the melon called Dua Nara (Nara Melon) - a typical plant of this region.

Aerial view, the Namib desert looks like a Martian soil or you can think of a giant piece of chocolate with sandy brown.

The image of sand dunes in the Namib desert that continues to the horizon gives us the feeling that time and space are endless.