Sossusvlei. NAMIBIA

Sossusvlei is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. The name "Sossusvlei" is of mixed origin and roughly means "dead-end marsh". Photos from Summer 2011 after an exceptionally rainy season that changed the usually dry aspect of this desertic pan.