Sossusvlei. Gateway to planet Namib

Title: Sossusvlei
Subtitle: Gateway to planet Namib
Author: Sakki Namis
Publisher: Out of Africa Publishers
Windhoek, Namibia 2001
ISBN 9991622306 / ISBN 99916-2-230-6
ISBN 9789991622309
Original softcover, 24 x 17 cm, 87 pages, throughout colour photographies

Condition:

Good. Little traces of usage on book cover, inside like new.

About: Sossusvlei. Gateway to planet Namib

Sossusvlei: Gateway to planet Namib makes fascinating reading, and is especially gripping and valuable to anybody who has seen and experienced the Namib. It also gives something of an intimate tour for those who would like to experience it. The author succeeds in transmitting her deep feelings about this desert, for she has experienced the Namib more intimately than most people. What makes the book special is when Sakki Namis paints this remarkable desert with her personal insights. She has both the personal experience of the Namib and the knowledge of many of the fascinating facts to produce a book that many a visitor to Sossusvlei would be only too delighted to consult and take home as a meaningful memento of a fascinating place. (Dr. Joh Henschel, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia)

Content: Sossusvlei. Gateway to planet Namib

Photograph credits
Introduction
The Namib
Climate
The Dune Sea
Sossuvlei
Dunes
Roaring dunes
Sand
Geology
Slipface
Dune slope
Wind
East wind
Rain
Human history
Dead Vlei
Witberg
Animal life
Gemsbok
Springbok
Namib golden mole
Gerbil
Shovel-snouted lizard
Wedge-snouted desert lizard
Barking geckos
Web-footed gecko
Golden wheeling spider
Dancing white lady
Velvet spider
Toktokkies
Button beetle
Fog-basking beetle
Namib dune ant
Birds
Dune lark
Ostrich
Lappet-faced vulture
Dusky sunbird
Plants
Fairy circles
Detritus
Camel thorn
Inara
Ringwood
Smelly shepherd's tree
Rock commiphora
Bushman grass
Wild sesame
Ganna
Ostrich salad
Monsonia
Wild Sage
Conclusion
References