DECEMBER 2006 – View from the ‘Big Mama’ dune towards the Sossusvlei at the Namib Naukluft National Park in Namibia. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
The Big Mama dune belongs to the Sossusvlei which is part of the Namib-Naukluft National Park in Nambia. You get to it after driving a rather straight tarred road from the only park entry for about 70 kilometers, then changing to a shuttle service and drive another 3 kilometers, and finally walk to the foot of the dune, or even to its top!
We hiked all the way up to the top and were greeted by total silence (except for the wind) – and this view! It’s similar to being in the Alps, but since there are so few people around, you get a totally different sense of the majestic nature. Mountains of sand that noone could ever carry away. Grown up trees that look like tiny bushes. And, of course, no mobile phone coverage whatsoever.
Later on, we had big fun running down the sides of the dunes and watching the traces we left in the soft sand.
I adore this image.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 07-DEC-2006, 09:11 |
| Location | Sossusvlei, Namibia |
| Camera | Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II |
| Lens | Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM |
| ISO | 400 |
| Exposure | 1/250 sec at f/22 |
| Digital Image Source Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, AdobeRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 3328 x 4992 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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