Deadvlei Pillows

Deadvlei in Namibia

It's a hike to get there, but SO worth it. It's like standing on another planet as the sun rises and the shadows and colours change constantly. Deadvlei is a white clay pan located near the more famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, inside the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia. Also written DeadVlei or Dead Vlei, its name means "dead marsh" (from English dead, and Afrikaans vlei, a lake or marsh in a valley between the dunes). The pan also is referred to as "Dooie Vlei" which is the (presumably original) fully Afrikaans name.

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Deadvlei in Namibia

The Scorched Tree Skeletons of the Namib Desert - Deadvlei.

Deadvlei in Namibia

One dead, bare branched, black, acacia tree stands on the white salt plain surrounded in brilliant orange sand hills in Deadvlei, Namibia, Africa.

One black tree with orange sand hills and white salt pan at Deadvlei, Namibia, Africa.

A dead acacia tree is framed by a black branch on the salt pan, surrounded with orange sand hills in Deadvlei, Namibia, Africa.

One dead acacia tree stands on the white salt pan, surrounded with orange sand hills and a bright blue sky, at Deadvlei, Namibia, Africa.

One gnarled tree stands alone on the salt pan, surrounded with orange sand hills and a bright blue sky, at Deadvlei, Namibia, Africa.

People stand on top of the orange, rippled sand hills at Deadvlei, Namibia, Africa.

Deadvlei in Namibia

One black limbed tree stands on the salt pan surrounded by the orange sand hills in Deadvlei, Namibia, Africa.

One dead, gnarled acacia tree stands alone on the white salt pan surrounded with orange sand hills and a bright blue sky at Deadvlei, Namibia, Africa.

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