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Ghost rain hangs from a retreating storm cloud over the mountains of the Namib Rand as last light crawls up the highest peaks in the area. This specific shot was taken on Excelsior and it looks onto the plains of Dina.

The Namib Rand conservancy is a private nature reserve that is formed by a collection of consolidated farms that have been bought from farmers by people who use it simply to enjoy nature. Most of the fences on these farms have been taken down, allowing the wildlife of the area free movement between the desert wilderness and these farms that provide plentiful grazing after the summer rains.

In a world that is primarily just being destroyed and harvested for personal benefit, it's good to see nature conservation on such a scale being done completely privately.

5D II, 24-70mm, CPL filter, Lee 0.6 hard grad

Namib Rand, Namibia

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ArtisticManiac16 [2024-08-17 16:25:28 +0000 UTC]

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serel [2015-10-02 08:32:38 +0000 UTC]

This wonderful photo as well as some more of yours have been featured in my latest Travel The World Edition: Travel The World Vol. 4 - Namibia
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page."
St. Augustine of Hippo
The world offers so many breathtaking locations and places to see and not everyone is able to visit them in person. With this new feature series I invite you on a journey to discover and enjoy the beauty our planet offers. Let's travel the world!

Namibian Deserts, Namibia, Africa

Namibia, with its wide deserts and savannahs, offers several amazing places worth a visit. The Sossusvlei area - remnants of the Tsauchab river that is silting up about 50km from the Atlantic coast - is one of the dryest and oldest deserts of our planet.




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Philluppus [2015-04-20 21:11:15 +0000 UTC]

such wonderfull view, and stunning capture,

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VicEberly [2014-01-24 14:16:21 +0000 UTC]

Featured: [Link]  

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John-Peter [2013-06-23 00:31:51 +0000 UTC]

Hello!
You has been Featured in my Journal The Spirit of Trees !
Have a nice Day!

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MaX-DooM [2013-05-30 07:02:47 +0000 UTC]

Stunning work as always my man.

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AnthonyJa [2013-04-14 13:29:27 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful lights

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augenweide [2012-11-26 05:41:16 +0000 UTC]

your beautiful work is featured in my new journal...[link]

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Lionsong [2012-11-14 00:02:21 +0000 UTC]

Your amazing photography has been featured here: [link] Please do if you enjoy it!

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j-ouroboros [2012-09-29 05:32:21 +0000 UTC]

This is stunning. Wow.

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FaerieBert [2012-09-18 14:14:24 +0000 UTC]

That is beautiful...

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XanaduPhotography [2012-09-17 17:39:52 +0000 UTC]

Your beautiful art has inspired this feature [link]

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LuanaRPhotography [2012-09-09 15:38:40 +0000 UTC]

You have been featured here [link] . Have a nice day <3

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Annabelle-Chabert [2012-08-27 17:35:30 +0000 UTC]

What a fantastic sky upon such a great place

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tourofnature [2012-08-25 04:40:37 +0000 UTC]

Amazing what you can capture when you can wait out the light, keep up the quality man, world class photography here.

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white-white [2012-08-22 16:12:09 +0000 UTC]

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dominique-merot [2012-08-19 13:16:36 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic

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BrightStar2 [2012-08-19 10:41:54 +0000 UTC]

wonderful view...capture, composition....Beautiful

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danUK86 [2012-08-17 18:30:20 +0000 UTC]

incredible!

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parallel-pam [2012-08-17 12:52:02 +0000 UTC]

A terrific landscape. Were you standing on a hilltop or rooftop?

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serel [2012-08-17 11:47:09 +0000 UTC]

This is wonderful. Not only the landscape itself is impressive but light and colours too.

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NicolinaPhotography [2012-08-17 10:20:55 +0000 UTC]

outstanding!!

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steppeland [2012-08-17 09:07:03 +0000 UTC]

Awesome landscape! Great shot!

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CaLisTac [2012-08-17 08:01:03 +0000 UTC]

beautiful shot!

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Romylyn [2012-08-17 04:16:07 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful landscape!

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Meema [2012-08-17 03:53:42 +0000 UTC]

Nicely done.

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deshy07 [2012-08-16 22:27:44 +0000 UTC]

Stunning picture.

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Solau [2012-08-16 20:31:40 +0000 UTC]

There is definitely something to be said about seeing plains land surrounded by mountains, all of which are laced with beautiful lighting. This picture is wonderful!

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Kaslito [2012-08-16 19:02:02 +0000 UTC]

Such a beautiful landscape!

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STONECASTLE311 [2012-08-16 17:34:45 +0000 UTC]

just beautiful

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layperson [2012-08-16 16:39:58 +0000 UTC]

nice

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BigBlueSkyFotos [2012-08-16 16:33:19 +0000 UTC]

as if I were standing there to see it... marvelous!

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eien-no-musouka [2012-08-16 15:48:57 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful shot.

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Alembic-Lynx [2012-08-16 14:10:49 +0000 UTC]

beautiful huugi !!!

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hokeywolfe [2012-08-16 13:43:54 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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Nystuen [2012-08-16 13:28:13 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful!

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Fuyu-no-sakura [2012-08-16 13:11:13 +0000 UTC]

Amazing picture. I'm speechless...and I love how you never overprocess your photographs like some people do.

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Redelinghuys [2012-08-16 12:20:33 +0000 UTC]

Pierneef mountains, nice.

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kinzerkinz [2012-08-16 12:09:13 +0000 UTC]

absolutely beautiful shot! I usually don't like pictures without a lot of contrast and that much light, but this is really beautiful.

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JanPusdrowski [2012-08-16 11:51:08 +0000 UTC]

nice light!

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