Sossusvlei, Sesriem

Our visit to Sesriem in the Namib Desert, Sesriem Canyon and the Sossusvlei. The photos were actually taken over two days, the first being interrupted by a massive storm. We returned the following day to revisit places we missed and also the Sesriem Canyon. The photos are a mixture of jpeg and raw, depending on the circumstances. Some photos were taken from a moving vehicle and in a lot of cases through the window or windscreen. They are what we call our travel photos; the raw images are more in depth and less spontaneous! All in all, we think they depict fairly well our interesting stay in Sesriem, except maybe the storm which was quite worrying at the time, since our home was a flimsy tent.

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Sesriem Entrance Gate
Entrance to Namibia Wildlife Resort, in Sesriem, and also the Sossusvlei, Namibia, Africa. This photo was taken through the windscreen of the car. Yes we were lazy sometimes, we like to cll it armchair photography! Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
The Namib Sand Sea
The Namib Sand Sea; this sign is near the Sesriem Gate as you enter the Sossusvlei, at Sesriem, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
Bat-eared Fox
Not the best light or angle but testament to the fact that we spotted these Bat-eared Foxes tearing across the Namib Desert at Sossusvlei, Sesriem, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
Tsauchab River Bed
No surface water, but plenty of trees in the river. Tsauchab River making its way through the Namib Desert, Sossusvlei Sesriem, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
Stony Desert Meets Dunes
Love the difference in textures where the stony desert meets the sand dunes on the Sossusvlei, Sesriem, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
Bark of Thorn Tree
Bark of Camel Thorn tree Acacia eriolobain the bed of the Tsauchab River on the Sossusvlei, Sesriem, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
Dunes as seen from Tsauchab River
Looking across from the bed of the Tsauchab River towards the dunes on the Sossusvlei, Sesriem, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
Namib Desert
Desolate Namib Desert, taken from where we stopped at the Tsauchab River, Sossusvlei, Sesriem, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
The Road Ahead ......
The road ahead as we leave the spot where the Tsauchab River crosses and travel back towards Sesriem, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
Cape Fox
Cape Fox resting away from the sun under the shade of a tree at Dune 45 on the Sossusvlei Sesriem, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
Track to Sossusvlei Pan
The last section of road to the Sossusvlei Pan, Sesriem, Namibia, Africa. The sand did get softer and deeper, and we reached the stage where we had to deflate our tyres if we went further. All 2x4's must not venture further than the carpark at the end of the surfaced road where there were tractors with trailers waiting to take you the rest of the way. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
Dry Sossusvlei Pan
I was hoping to see water but it was not to be .... this is where the Tsauchab River meets the sanddunes and comes to a complete stop. Sossusvlei is a clay pan covered in a crust of salt-rich sand. While the pan has been shaped over time by the Tsauchab River, the actual flooding of the pan is a relatively rare event, and sometimes several years pass between one flood and the next one. The river is dry most of the year, and even when it is not, it carries relatively little water to the vlei. Wikipedia Sossusvlei, Sesriem, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.

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Sossusvlei, Sesriem