Honorable Mention / 2020 / Nature / Trees

Deadvlei - The African Tree Cemetery

Standing in the middle of this salt pan was amazing, entirely surrounded by high red dunes. Behind me stands „Big Daddy“, probably the highest dune on earth at over 350 meters. The atmosphere was amazing, like an amphi theater with phenomenal acoustics. I could even hear the people hiking up to the top of the dunes as they were talking to each other. As it was quite early in the morning the sunlight was rapidly changing so I had to be really fast. To me, this place has a surreal and sublime topography, which would make a perfect backdrop in many Salvador Dali paintings. However, my interest wa