Photo Credits:
HEADER
"Proud Woman," Courtesy of: African Millennium Foundation,
www.african-millennium.com
"Agave2." Courtesy of: John Villinski, Abstract Southwest,
www.abstractsouthwest.com
African “Egghead” and Black Man in White
Courtesy of: Gene Pearson, Gene Pearson Studio,
www.genepearsonsculpture.com
TOP PHOTO
This is an aerial image of the interaction of the ocean and the Namib Desert in Southwest Africa.
Namib Desert is namely, next to coastline. Mists made when warm air and cold Benguela Current meet is peculiar to the area, but rainfall doesn't reach inner desert area because the mists formed along narrow coastal zone scatter away instantly.
Sand dune stretches long to the coastline, across the wind direction. From coast to inner continent, color of the sand dune changes pale blue, blue, yellow, white yellow and yellow at an interval of about 10km, showing different patterns in each color zone.
Around rock in upper right of the image, wind from north carries sand over the rock. Sand dune can not be formed in between these rocks, because wind blows from all sides.
Writing and image from
ersdac.or.jp/ASTERimage/ASTERimage_library_E.html where there are other amazing images to see.