Salt pans after the rain
The pans hold water for only a few days. By the third morning the surface cracks into plates again, and the flamingos are gone.
Calahari
Field notes, photographs and a few maps from long drives.
Notes on fuel and distances
Between the last two towns there is nothing for 340 km. Carry twice what the map suggests and start before sunrise.
Night sky, no moon
Long exposures from the dunes. The camera picked up more than the eye could, but the eye remembered it better.