Sunrise at Dune 45, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert |
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Sossusvlei (the name means saucer bowl) itself is in the
background. It's supposed to be the largest sand dune in the world |
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Hugh and Caroline, the English couple I traveled with,
standing on Dune 45. |
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Walking up dunes is physically exhausting. Jennifer
Lopez walked up this same dune for the desert dream scene in The Cell. |
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From halfway down the dune. You can see people
standing up on the right to give you a sense of size. |
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There is life in the sand. There were these beetles
and other that looked like Skittles that would periodically run across
your path |
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Another dune bowl, called dead vlei, sports dead 600 year
old trees. |
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