Namib

Namib „empty place” and/or „place where anything is not meant”.

The probably oldest desert of the world extends over about 2000 kilometers along the southwest coast of Africa. It is enough thereby up to 160 kilometers into the interior. As a result of the cold Benguelastrom a high nebula frequency of approximately 200 days for the coastal region arises. The desert is extremely of light precipitation. There only few high-specialized animal and plant types live. One can learn the habitats of the Namib to know with a visit of the Namib/Naukluft of national park and the Skeleton Coast national park. Due to the cold sea current smoke haze forms.

The sand of the Namib is definitely red to orange and that has nothing or only few with the beam of light to do. Naturally the position of the sun changes the colors of the dunes, generally becomes the colors more strongly and more darkly, the more deeply the sun sinks.

The red of the Namib comes from garnet occurrences of the close Naukluftberge, the basis for the unbelievable sand quantities, which form the desert.

Despite the dry climate in the course of thousands of years here plants settled developed (like for example the Welwitschia) and animals.

The most famous plant of the Namib desert: The Welwitschia - a plant developed in the Namib and becomes many hundred years old. It has to take up the ability from fog and Morgentau humidity and additionally still very deep and very spread roots. The plant in the pictures should be old over 1000 years.

Sandstorms and daily variations in temperature of 70

degrees Celsius do not invite the life straight to staying.