The 'alien' graveyard in the heart of the African desert

To Namib-Naukluft Park (Namibia), visitors encounter strange scenery like on other planets. That is the scene in "dry tree cemetery" Deadvlei.

Although there is a name like "dead valley" , Deadvlei is not really a valley. Deadvlei means "dead marsh ", this is a white clay pan located near the famous Sossusvlei salt pan. In this area are scattered hundreds of dried dead acacia trees - the species once thrived at the time of the Tsauchab river flooded the land. About 900 years ago, the river began to change direction, causing Deadvlei to become dry. Over the years, dry dead trees were dyed black by the sun like bare bones on the sand.

It can be said that Deadvlei is covered by the highest dunes in the world, the highest sand dunes up to 300 - 400m lying on a sandstone shelf. This phenomenon is a favorable condition to form a unique landscape here. The deadvlei was the most beautiful in the early morning, when the early morning sun illuminated the red sand dunes dotted with white grasses, and the white layer of clay pan lit with green reflected from the high sky. on. This has created an extremely impressive contrast picture.

Perhaps so, so many photographers are willing to overcome a difficult and arduous journey to Deadvlei to record real and vivid images.