DECEMBER 2006 – A hiker gazes at the desert in front of the Vogelfederberg near Walvis Bay in Namibia. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
From Swakopmund we headed down south towards Walvis Bay but continued our journey with our final destiantion for that day being the Namib-Desert-Lodge (now Gondwana Namib Park).
We used the C14. It still gives me nightmares now and then, because once we passed Walvis Bay airport, the C14 turned into a gravel road. After our adventure with the flat tyre (which we replaced in Swakopmund) we were not too happy about this.
Anyway, our first stop was the Vogelfederberg (literally ‘mountain of bird feathers’). It is situated directly next to the C14, about 50 km east of Walvis Bay, but you will need a permit to access it. We had purchased one in Windhoek, so we entered the parking lot and climbed the short way up to the base of the mountain. You’ll find a BBQ place (“braai”) there, so if you are planning a picnic, this might be a good place. In any case, the view is stunning.
I asked Petra to gaze at the desert in front of the tiny mountain, and I think this image works extremely well to illustrate the giant proportions of the desert. Love it.
Little did we know that later on that day we really wished we would have rented a 4×4 for this trip.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 04-DEC-2006, 10:09 |
| Location | Vogelfederberg, Namibia |
| Camera | Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II |
| Lens | Canon EF 24-70 mm 2.8 L USM |
| ISO | 100 |
| Exposure | 1/1300 sec at f/5.6 |
| Digital Image Source Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 4860 x 3126 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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