An ancient long-dead sun-blacked camel thorn tree at Deadvlei

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016

Photographers near Deadvlei set up for sunrise shots

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016

A lone camel-thorn tree at Deadvlei, with Big Daddy sand dune in background

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016

Sun-blackened camel thorn tree at Deadvlei

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016

Bones and branches lift to the Namibian sky at Deadvlei

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016

An ancient sun-tortured tree at Deadvlei

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016

Circles in the white clay pan floor at Deadvlei

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016

Ancient camel-thorn trees at Deadvlei

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016

Skeletal trees at Deadvlei, with Big Daddy dune in background

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016

A very old camel thorn tree at Deadvlei

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016

Ancient trees at Deadvlei before the sun eclipses the dune

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016

Judy Malloch leads us over the sand dune trail, after visiting Deadvlei

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2016