Dead camel thorn tree against the orange sand of Elim Dune, Namib Desert near Sesriem, Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Dried mud pan with ancient camelthorn trees and orange sand dunes in the distance, Dead Vlei, Namib Desert, Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Dead camel thorn tree against the orange sand of Elim Dune, Namib Desert near Sesriem, Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Dried mud pan with ancient camelthorn trees and orange sand dunes in the distance, Dead Vlei, Namib Desert, Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Dead camelthorn trees said to be centuries old in silhouette against towering orange sand dunes bathed in morning light at Dead Vlei, Namib Desert, Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Camel thorn tree in desert landscape, Namib Rand, Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Dead camel thorn trees with red dunes at Dead Vlei, around Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia, Namib desert, Africa

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardis) feeding on camel thorn tree, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Dead camel thorns (Acacia erioloba) in front of sand dunes, Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, Africa

Deadvlei, a white clay pan surrounded by the highest sand dunes in the world, Namib Desert; Namibia