Abstract

30 Below

By and By - Seattle

The Namib Desert is a coastal desert in southern Africa. The name Namib is of Khoekhoegowab origin and means “vast place”. According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa, extending southward from the Carunjamba River in Angola, through Namibia and to the Olifants River in Western Cape, South Africa. The desert geology consists of sand seas near the coast, while gravel plains and scattered mountain outcrops occur further inland. The sand dunes, some of which are 300 metres (980 ft) high and span 32 kilometres (20 mi) long, are the second largest in the world after the Badain Jaran Desert dunes in China.

Back and Forth

Desert Current

The Namib Desert is a coastal desert in southern Africa. The name Namib is of Khoekhoegowab origin and means “vast place”. According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa, extending southward from the Carunjamba River in Angola, through Namibia and to the Olifants River in Western Cape, South Africa. The desert geology consists of sand seas near the coast, while gravel plains and scattered mountain outcrops occur further inland. The sand dunes, some of which are 300 metres (980 ft) high and span 32 kilometres (20 mi) long, are the second largest in the world after the Badain Jaran Desert dunes in China.

Branching Out

Sands of time

Sossusvlei (sometimes written Sossus Vlei) is a salt and clay pan[1] surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. The name “Sossusvlei” is often used in an extended meaning to refer to the surrounding area (including other neighbouring vleis such as Deadvlei and other high dunes), which is one of the major visitor attractions of Namibia.[2] The name “Sossusvlei” is of mixed origin and roughly means “dead-end marsh”. Vlei is the Afrikaans word for “marsh”, while “sossus” is Nama for “no return” or “dead end”. Sossusvlei owes this name to the fact that it is an endorheic drainage basin (i.e., a drainage basin without outflows) for the ephemeral Tsauchab River.

Upper Sunbeam Falls

Titans

Upward

Kaleidoscope

Will summer tried to hold on to the green, fall begins to set in as the aspens turn yellow, orange, and red.

Crystal Wave

Microscopic view of crystaline Magnesium Sulfate. The light applied to these crystals is purely polarized white light and the crystals act like prisms. The colors and shapes are unpredictable.

Micro Flora

Microscopic view of crystaline Citric Acid. The light applied to these crystals is purely polarized white light and the crystals act like prisms. The colors and shapes are unpredictable.

Fools Gold

Microscopic view of crystaline Magnesium Sulfate. The light applied to these crystals is purely polarized white light and the crystals act like prisms. The colors and shapes are unpredictable.

Lightspeeed

Microscopic view of crystaline Magnesium Sulfate. The light applied to these crystals is purely polarized white light and the crystals act like prisms. The colors and shapes are unpredictable.