The water of this desert river in the sandy wastes of Tsondabvlei in the Namib Desert have collected in a trough between the dunes and evaporated. The crust of alluvial sand deposited on the river bed is covered in dark green algae. These dead-end hollows are known in the country as ‘Vleis’.
TITLE |
ALGAE |
LOCATION |
Namib, Namibia, Southwest Africa |
DATE |
March 1997 |
HEIGHT |
1.000 m |
TECHNIC |
Hasselblad body, Zeiss lens |
FORMAT |
medium format, 6 x 6 cm |
REMARK |
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