Richard Jackson Nature Photography

0612 Aloe littoralis, Common desert plant seen drivng through the desert

0632 Namibia desert

0637 Oryx / Gemsbok or gemsbuck is a large antelope in the Oryx genus. It is native to the arid regions of Southern Africa, such as the Kalahari Desert. Some authorities formerly included the East African oryx as a subspecies.

0644 Oryx

0645 Desert view, Namibia

0648 View from near the Desert Homestead, Sossusvlei

0672 Sundowner, Desert Homestead, Sossusvlei

0676 Julie, Sundowner, Desert Homestead, Sossusvlei

0686 sunset, Desert Homestead, Sossusvlei

0704  Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park

0716 Namib Naukluft National Park

0723 Julie, Namib Naukluft National Park

0735 giant sand dune, Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park

0738 giant sand dune, Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park

0751 giant sand dune, Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park

0761  Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park

0767 giant sand dune, Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park

0777 Nine hundred year old trees in a dry ancient  lake in the  sand dunes called Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park

0780  Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park

0792 Oryx resting, Namib Naukluft National Park

0816 Flamingos at Walvis Bay

0817 Flamingos at Walvis Bay

0836 Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

0855 Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

0875 Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

0902 Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

0903 Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

0920 Different mineral sands give multi coloured dunes. Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

0928 Cart from an old diamond mine. Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

0940 Shipwreck claimed by the dunes moving into the Altantic ocean. Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

0950 Seal colony - Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

0963 Wreck - Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

0977 Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

0986 Seals - Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

1021 Salt works - Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

1042 Swakopmund  - Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

1045 Desert housing near Swakopmund - Light plane sightseeing flight from Swakopmund south and over Namib Naukluft Park

1049 Wreck see driving north along the Skeleton coast from Swakopmund

1053 Black-backed Jackal, Skeleton Coast

1086 Seal colony at Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast

1127 Seal colony, Cape Cross

2671 The 'inviting' entrance to the Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia

1158 Welwitschia plant consists of two leaves, a stem base and roots. That is all! Its two permanent leaves are unique in the plant kingdom. They are the original leaves from when the plant was a seedling, and they just continue to grow and are never shed. They are leathery, broad, strap-shaped and they lie on the ground becoming torn to ribbons and tattered with age. The stem is low, woody, hollowed-out, obconical in shape and sturdy. It grows to about 500 mm in height. The largest recorded specimen is in the Messum Mountains and is 1.8 m high, and another on the Welwitschia Flats near the Swakop River is 1.2 m tall and 8.7 m wide. Carbon dating tells us that on average, welwitschias are 500-600 years old, although some of the larger specimens are thought to be 2000 years old. Their estimated lifespan is 400 to 1500 years. Growth occurs annually during the summer months., Skeleton Coast National Park

1161 Welwitschia male cones. The largest recorded specimen is in the Messum Mountains and is 1.8 m high, and another on the Welwitschia Flats near the Swakop River is 1.2 m tall and 8.7 m wide. Carbon dating tells us that on average, welwitschias are 500-600 years old, although some of the larger specimens are thought to be 2000 years old. Their estimated lifespan is 400 to 1500 years. Growth occurs annually during the summer months., Skeleton Coast National Park

1163 100km from Palmwag, on the way to Grootsberg lodge about an hour before we wrote off the car going around a corrugated gravel bend

1166 Desert inland from the Skeleton Coast

1170

1179 100km from Palmwag, on the way to Grootsberg lodge about an hour before we wrote off the car going around a corrugated gravel bend

Our car rolled on the way to Grootsberg Lodge, Namibia

2677 Whoops, look what Julie did to our Toyota Hilux!, Namibia

1185 Kind tourists gave us a lift from the site of the accident to Grootsberg lodge and this is the view from our room

1187 View from our room at Grootsberg lodge in the morning

2683 View from Grootsberg Lodge, Namibia

1197 Julie and a Himba lady on our way from Grootberg to Outjo.

 1200 Himba lady.

1231 Starling, Etosha National Park

1257  Etosha National Park

1292 Ground squirrel, Etosha National Park

1333 Crimson-breasted Boubou, Etosha National Park

1341 Crimson-breasted Boubou Etosha National Park

1371 Girrafe, OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1389 Elephants going to drink at the OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1397 Elephant going to drink at the OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1398 Elephants leaving the OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1409 Girrafes waiting their turn to drink at the OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

 1417 OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1420 Elephants sparring at the OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1436 Girrafes, OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1467 Elephants at dusk, OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1478 Girrafes at dusk at the OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1492 Elephants drink at the OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1498 Rodent, OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1545 Elephant and Black Rhino duel, at night, OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park. The Rhino soon realised he was outmuscled and turned and fled!

1606 Zebras,  OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1630 Black Rhino, OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1658 Black Rhino, OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park. He was protesting about the noise of my camera shutter

1667 Black Rhino charges toward me, OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park.

1680 Wildebeast, Etosha National Park.

1718 Zebras, Etosha National Park.

1725 Elephants,  OkaukeuJo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1740 Girrafes, Okaukeujo, Etosha National Park

1752 Rhino, Okaukeujo, Etosha National Park

1759 Ostriches, Okaukeujo, Etosha National Park

1672 Ostriches, Okaukeujo, Etosha National Park

1776 Okaukeujo, Etosha National Park

1781 Kori bustard, Okaukeujo, Etosha National Park

1796 Secretary bird, Etosha National Park

1800 Secretary bird, Etosha National Park

1807 Elephants heading to the waterhole, Etosha National Park

1831 Black Rhino, Okaukeujo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1839 Black Rhino, Okaukeujo waterhole, Etosha National Park

1897 Black-backed Jackal, Etosha National Park

1912 Black backed Jackal, Etosha National Park

1947 Juvenile Chanting Goshawk, Etosha National Park

1962 Black fronted Bustard,  Etosha National Park

1978 Fork-tailed drongol, Etosha National Park

1993 Springbok, Etosha National Park

2015 Banded Mongoose, Etosha National Park

2041 African Hoopoe, Okaukeujo, Etosha National Park