Light Gallery - Namibia - February 2009
Out of Windhoek
Social Weaver (Philetairius socius)
Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus)
Spreetshoogte
Nice Spot for Lunch
Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis)
Dunes at Sossusvlei
Dunes at Sossusvlei
Dunes at Sossusvlei
Dunes at Sossusvlei
Namaqua Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis namaquensis)
Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
Familiar Chat (Cercomelis familiaris)
Road through the Desert
Ground Agama (Agama aculeata)
Moon over the Desert
Northern Black korhaan (Afrotis afraoides)
28°30’
Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua)
Seeking Shade -
Namib Desert
Cape Fur Seal (Antocephalus pusillus)
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
Cape Fur Seals (Antocephalus pusillus)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) off Walvis Bay
Havyside's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)
Also commonly, though erronously, called Heavyside's Dolphin.
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
Salt Pans at Walvis Bay
FitzSimon's Burrowing Skink (Typlacontias brevipes)
Sidewinder Tracks
Péringuey's Adder or Sidewinder (Bitis péringueyi)
Tommy Collard with a Sidewinder
Namib Dune Gecko (Pachydactylus rangei)
also known as Palmato Gecko (Palmatogecko rangei)
Namib Dune Gecko (Pachydactylus rangei)
Shovel-snouted Lizard (Meroles anchietae)
Dunes at Swakopmund
Namib desert at Swakopmund
Stenocora eburnea
Parabuthus Scorpion sp. (Parabuthus villosus)
Namaqua Chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis)
Namaqua Chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis)
Searching
Dunes at Swakopmund
Skeleton Coast
Dry tributaryof the Kuiseb River, from the air
Kuiseb River
Namib Desert from a Cessna
Namib Desert from the Air
Abondoned Diamond Mining Camp
Skeleton Coast Shipwreck
Skeleton Coast
Shipwreck on the Skeleton Coast
En Route from Swakopmund to Üis
Chestnut Weaver Nest (Ploceus rubiginosus)
Flap-necked Chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis)
Haircut, sir?
African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Red-billed Francolin (Pternistis adspersus)
Meve's Starling (Lamprotornis mevesii)
Mopane Worms (Gonimbrasia belina)
Not actually worms but caterpillars of the Mopane Moth. Eaten as a delicacy
Namibian Rock Agama (Agama planiceps) - male
Namibian Rock Agama (Agama planiceps) - female
Ovambo Tree Skink (Trachylepis binotata)
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae)
Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)
Steve Braine of Hobatere Lodge
Sunset
Marsh Terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa)
Scarab Dung Beetle
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