Comments on: The Namib Desert (Desert Week) http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/16/the-namib-desert-desert-week/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: snowman http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/16/the-namib-desert-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-202116 snowman Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:40:04 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1978#comment-202116 namibia is best country in the whorld... did you guys know that the namib desert were a tropical rainforest... we learnt about it in geography at the university... namibia is best country in the whorld… did you guys know that the namib desert were a tropical rainforest… we learnt about it in geography at the university…

]]> By: Joe http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/16/the-namib-desert-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-201454 Joe Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:20:56 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1978#comment-201454 @Marassa, Sorry I confused you with geebee. Indeed we are in complete agreement. @Marassa,
Sorry I confused you with geebee.
Indeed we are in complete agreement.

]]> By: Marassa http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/16/the-namib-desert-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-201453 Marassa Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:10:35 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1978#comment-201453 @Joe It seems you misattributed my posting to geebee. I was not arguing with you, just wanted to point out that it does happen for rain to fall directly into Dead Vlei, so we seem to be in complete agreement. @Joe
It seems you misattributed my posting to geebee. I was not arguing with you, just wanted to point out that it does happen for rain to fall directly into Dead Vlei, so we seem to be in complete agreement.

]]> By: Joe http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/16/the-namib-desert-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-201449 Joe Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:12:23 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1978#comment-201449 @geebee you were lucky to experience rain & lighting over Dead Vlei. the linked picture you have shows the ponding of flood waters from the Tsauchab River at Sossusvlei. This water will have fallen as rain many miles away in the Naukluft Mountains and collected in run offs and filled the dry river beds as flash floods which if sufficient rains have fallen in the mountains means these flood waters then terminate at Sossusvlei. As I said before the only way Dead Vlei can fill with water is if rain falls directly into it (as it is cut off from the Tsauchab and Sossusvlei by dunes). I know that rain does fall in Dead Vlei, but not in sufficient quantities to make large pools (as it is not connected to a large enough flood plain upon which rain water can converge to create dramatic ponds such as those seen periodically at Sossusvlei. http://flickr.com/photos/82822788@N00/sets/72157600318475930/ @geebee
you were lucky to experience rain & lighting over Dead Vlei.
the linked picture you have shows the ponding of flood waters from the Tsauchab River at Sossusvlei. This water will have fallen as rain many miles away in the Naukluft Mountains and collected in run offs and filled the dry river beds as flash floods which if sufficient rains have fallen in the mountains means these flood waters then terminate at Sossusvlei.
As I said before the only way Dead Vlei can fill with water is if rain falls directly into it (as it is cut off from the Tsauchab and Sossusvlei by dunes). I know that rain does fall in Dead Vlei, but not in sufficient quantities to make large pools (as it is not connected to a large enough flood plain upon which rain water can converge to create dramatic ponds such as those seen periodically at Sossusvlei.

http://flickr.com/photos/82822788@N00/sets/72157600318475930/

]]> By: Marassa http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/16/the-namib-desert-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-201448 Marassa Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:33:23 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1978#comment-201448 @Joe: We did experience some rain directly in Dead Vlei this June, but definitely not enough to fill the pan with water. But we clearly saw heavy rains and even lightnings all around us on that day, so I guess having some water in Dead Vlei might be theoretically possible. http://www.pbase.com/nd/dunes @Joe:
We did experience some rain directly in Dead Vlei this June, but definitely not enough to fill the pan with water. But we clearly saw heavy rains and even lightnings all around us on that day, so I guess having some water in Dead Vlei might be theoretically possible.
http://www.pbase.com/nd/dunes

]]> By: Joe http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/16/the-namib-desert-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-201428 Joe Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:05:17 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1978#comment-201428 A couple of corrections to misleading information in this thread. @Alex Dead Vlei and for that matter, Hidden Vlei and Sossusvlei are NOT SALT PANS, they are in fact mud clay pans which have been bleached white by the sun. @geebee Your photo link is of water in Sossusvlei, NOT Dead Vlei. At Dead Vlei it's not physically possible for the flood waters of the Tsauchab River to reach Dead Vlei. The only way that Dead Vlei can fill with water is if rain falls directly into Dead Vlei. If you have a photo of Dead Vlei with water in it I would like to see it. A couple of corrections to misleading information in this thread.
@Alex
Dead Vlei and for that matter, Hidden Vlei and Sossusvlei are NOT SALT PANS, they are in fact mud clay pans which have been bleached white by the sun.

@geebee
Your photo link is of water in Sossusvlei, NOT Dead Vlei. At Dead Vlei it’s not physically possible for the flood waters of the Tsauchab River to reach Dead Vlei. The only way that Dead Vlei can fill with water is if rain falls directly into Dead Vlei. If you have a photo of Dead Vlei with water in it I would like to see it.

]]> By: nova72 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/16/the-namib-desert-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200496 nova72 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:59:49 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1978#comment-200496 The earth has teeth! http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=-24.700599,15.471411&z=14 The earth has teeth!

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Frank Taylor http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/16/the-namib-desert-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200490 Frank Taylor Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:16:31 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1978#comment-200490 @Dr.R: those very high resolution photos are part of the National Geographic Megaflyover imagery - photos taken by NG photographer Michael Fay. You can find the layer under the Gallery->National Geographic sub-layer in Google Earth which will show you most of the locations of the photos included in GE. @Dr.R: those very high resolution photos are part of the National Geographic Megaflyover imagery – photos taken by NG photographer Michael Fay. You can find the layer under the Gallery->National Geographic sub-layer in Google Earth which will show you most of the locations of the photos included in GE.

]]> By: geebee http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/16/the-namib-desert-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200485 geebee Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:24:11 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1978#comment-200485 Well we went for a month and stayed at some very expensive places, but also camped en-route. We hired a truck with a tent on the roof and drove approximately 5,500k. Total cost was about £7000 but could have been done a LOT cheaper by camping more. Some of our accommodation was $300-500 a night per person. Some was $20-30. Well we went for a month and stayed at some very expensive places, but also camped en-route.

We hired a truck with a tent on the roof and drove approximately 5,500k.

Total cost was about £7000 but could have been done a LOT cheaper by camping more. Some of our accommodation was $300-500 a night per person. Some was $20-30.

]]> By: Patrick http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/16/the-namib-desert-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200484 Patrick Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:13:59 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1978#comment-200484 Gareth just curious....how much did your Namibia trip cost you? Gareth just curious….how much did your Namibia trip cost you?

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