We awoke at dawn and headed to the famed Dune 47 in the Namib-Nakluft desert. I started hiking this dune at sunrise and snapped this photo as my companions passed me on the way to the top.
This photo was amazing to take, hell to edit, and honestly I can’t wait to go back to this place. With ancient petrified trees and an out of this world landscape, how could I not?
This was my second-to-last camp in climbing Kilimanjaro - featuring the beautiful, chossy, Mawenzi Peak. Permits are rarely issued and rock-climbing protection is scarce, but there is something truly inviting about this peak.
After obsessing over the Namibian night sky for months, I finally had the opportunity to spend several nights in the desert. I judiciously waited for the moon to set and then set out with wide-angle lens and tripod in hand, determined to capture the stars.