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Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes

Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes

Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes resemble a painting. Photography by Frans Lanting

Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes

One may think this is an oil painting, but this is not. These breathtaking photographs were taken by Frans Lanting, in the coastal desert Namib, in southern Africa. The name Namib is of Nama origin and means “vast place”. Sossusvlei is a clay plateau, in the central part of the Namib, known for red sand dunes (up to 400 m in height). During the short wet period, usually in February, it is filled with the waters of the Tsauchab River. The Sossusvlei is the famous Valley of the dead, known for skeletons of dead trees. Frans Lanting has received numerous awards for his work as a photographer and conservationist, including top honors from World Press Photo, the Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award, the title of BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and Sweden’s Lennart Nilsson Award. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands inducted him as a knight in the Royal Order of the Golden Ark, that country’s highest conservation honor.

The Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Sunset over the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, he earned a master’s degree in economics then moved to the United States to study environmental planning. Soon after, he began photographing the natural world and never turned back. For three decades he has documented wildlife from the Amazon to Antarctica to promote understanding about the Earth and its natural history through images that convey a passion for nature and a sense of wonder about our living planet.

The Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

The bare trees as if painted black against the pink-orange background. In fact, this is a beautiful landscape of Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

The Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Mother Nature is truly the best artist. Surreal landscapes of Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

An orange background

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Sand dunes

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Awesome sand dune pattern

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Stunning curves and lines – geometry

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

An insect crawling on the sand

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Beautiful landscape resembles minimalist painting

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

As if painted in oil landscape

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

A lonely leafless tree

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

The view of the desert

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

A source of water

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

A source of water

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Awesome photo shoot

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

White, gray and black landscape

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Bare trees in the sands

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Dried out trees on a sandy earth of Namib desert

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Colors of Namib desert

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Running ostriches in the Namib desert

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

The died tree

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Beautiful view of the desert

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Terracotta expanses

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Sand dunes

Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes

Curves and geometry

Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes

Tiger walking in the sand dunes

Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes

Sand waves

Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes

Sparse vegetation of the desert

Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes

Stunning Namib desert

Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes

The Namib desert

Beautiful Namib desert Surreal landscapes

Beautiful landscape

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Bare trees

Surreal landscapes of the Namib desert. Photography by Frans Lanting

Namib desert

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