Desert Rain

Desert Rain #1

Desert Rain #1

The rainfall that year (2008/2009) was one the highest ever recorded. The thunderstorms moved all the way down into the Namib Desert and the Tsauchab River, thundering through the Sesriem Canyon, filled Sossus Vlei with water for the first time in many years. I jumped into Wohni, and started chasing the weather. The downpour was torrential and even though being used to storms, having flown through them many a times, I eventually ended up trying to get the heck outta there. Being the only moving object sticking out of the landscape, with lightning strikes too close for comfort and thunder deafening my ears, I decided that this may not be such a good idea after all.

Desert Rain #2

Desert Rain #2

The camper, mainly composite, produces exactly the opposite effect of a protective Faraday Cage, mind you. It was exciting and terrifying at the same time, the shots I got, however, made it all worth the effort.

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Stay low, aim high

Tommy

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