The Sand Sea

Once in sight of the dunes, it is mind boggling to see what the popular conception of a 
desert is.
The dunes stretch, reach, tumble, and drift across the open nothingness along the Atlantic coast.
Covering 34,000 sq. km and extending from the Kuiseb River southwards to Luderitz, lay the sea of sand.



Beneath the younger sands is an ancient desert believed to have formed some 65 million years ago, eventually becoming petrified between dispersed times of moisture and drought.
These fossilized dunes are easily seen in areas of the NamibRand Nature Reserve and in the proclaimed Sossusvlei area.