Deadvlei

At the base of the sand dune and the end of our run is the salt pan of Deadvlei - or dead marsh. The dead trees here could have died maybe 600 years ago, preserved by the dry air. Find a photo montage of Namibia anywhere and it will almost certainly include these trees. They are almost a national symbol. But the trees are small fry to the 50-60 million years this desert might have been here. That's a very long time dead.