In order to be able to photograph the impressive shadow play on the dunes of the Namib Desert in Namibia, you have to hurry, because you will only be allowed to enter the national park at the entrance gate at 6:00 a.m. sharp. Now a race against time begins to be able to see the early morning play of colors and shadows on the sandy ridge of the well-known Dune 45, because - as the name of the dune suggests - there are still 45 kilometers to drive to this destination . If you take a lot of breaks now, and there is enough to see, you will only reach the dune when the sun is at its zenith and then you will be standing - just - in front of a huge, uniform amount of five-million-year-old sand, which has no shade in the blazing sunlight More cookies ready. We were fast enough and got images with the desired high brightness contrasts. By the way, Dune 45 is a star dune in the Sossusvlei area of the Namib and is 80 m to 170 m high.
