Dead Vlei
Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.
At Dead Vlei time stops. The silence is deafening.
Dead Vlei at Sossusvlei in Namibia is a salt and clay pan surrounded by the orange-red Namib desert dunes. These high dunes have a drawn me to the Namib a couple of times in my life.
Sossusvlei is located at the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. This is my favourite place on earth. The landscape is a desert still life, unchanged. The fresh air and vast open spaces made me realise how small I am.
I value my heritage as an Afrikaner and an African.
Photos by Lizane Louw on a visit to Dead Vlei in 2019.