Sossusvlei before the gate opens

Nine days for a lodge group, walking into the pan before the gate opened so the dead trees could be photographed with the dune still in shadow behind them.

Africa 24° 44' S · 15° 20' E

Namibia 1

Nine days for a lodge group, walking into the pan before the gate opened so the dead trees could be photographed with the dune still in shadow behind them.

Shot at 24.73° S, 15.34° E in October, 9 days on the ground, for Kalahari Lodges. Every frame is captioned from the logbook with the time and the weather.

The other frames
Namibia 2
The pan at first light, wide
Namibia 3
The trees against the red wall
Namibia 4
The salt pan from the dune