Namibia

Namibia 

A scene in Deadvlei, a valley among the dunes inside Namib-Naukluft Park, in Namibia,

A panoramic view of the town of Luderitz. Founded as a trading post in 1883, the town is named after Adolf Lüderitz, 

the founder of the German South West Africa colony, which would become the independent country of Namibia in 1990

Aerial view of the historical district and shoreline of Swakopmund, Namibia

A new housing development in Swakopmund 

Windblown sand flies above the dunes of the Namib Desert along the Atlantic shore, in Namibia, southern Africa

The huge sand dunes of the Namib Desert reach the Atlantic Ocean at Sandwich Harbor.

Dunes line Namibia's Skeleton Coast

Aerial view of a road between colorful commercial salt pans in Walvis Bay

Wind blows sand across dunes where the Namib Desert reaches the Atlantic Ocean

A sand dune encroaches on buildings in the ghost town of Kolmanskop, near Luderitz.

Dunes of the Namib Desert meet the waves of the Atlantic Ocean at Sandwich Harbor

A sand-filled room in a house in Kolmanskop, near Luderitz. 

Once a small, prosperous diamond-mining village, Kolmanskop declined when the diamonds became scarce

Hundreds of pink flamingos rest in a lagoon near Swakopmund 

An oil-drilling rig, operating out of Angola, is seen in the waters outside Walvis Bay for maintenance 

The shipwrecked Zeila, near Henties Bay

The wreck of the Eduard Bohlen, a ship that ran aground on Namibia's Skeleton Coast

An aerial view of Pelican Point Lighthouse on Walvis Bay

Seals swim and dive during a kayak tour near Swakopmund, Namibia

A colony of Cape fur seals bask in the sun on Cape Cross, in the Kunene region of Namibia

A bottlenose dolphin jumps in Walvis Bay

A seal pup stands on an isolated Namibian beach

A black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) along the Namibian shoreline

A Namibian desert chameleon climbs through vegetation and sand dunes in the desert area of Dorob National Park