AJ Reid, Great Namib (PEOPLE WILDERNESS 2024)

Pastel shades of orange, yellow & blue dominate as morning meets sand in the world's oldest desert. Captured about halfway up 'Big Daddy Dune' in Sossusvlei, Namibia, as I paused to catch my breath and beheld the brilliance before me.

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