![Dune 47, Namibia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe6dd7b10f2589fb7563bd/1555984722189-2A0A47ACH0Z6AZR95WMY/bigdaddysanddune.jpg)
![Deadvlei, Namibia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe6dd7b10f2589fb7563bd/1599713995307-FF8D9S2UTWRGR9IZGA0C/namibiadeadvlei_fixed8.jpg)
![Mawenzi Peak, Tanzania](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe6dd7b10f2589fb7563bd/1599715524653-BD8U28U8L28KCHMJBGZX/mawenzi.jpg)
![Milk Way Galaxy, Namib-Nakluft Desert](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe6dd7b10f2589fb7563bd/1555985108886-2L7YXWE9V86U9MJZBAOL/namibia_milkyway.jpg)
![Dune 47, Namibia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe6dd7b10f2589fb7563bd/1555984722189-2A0A47ACH0Z6AZR95WMY/bigdaddysanddune.jpg)
We awoke at dawn and headed to the famed Dune 47 in the Namib-Nakluft desert. I started hiking this dune at sunrise and snapped this photo as my companions passed me on the way to the top.
![Deadvlei, Namibia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe6dd7b10f2589fb7563bd/1599713995307-FF8D9S2UTWRGR9IZGA0C/namibiadeadvlei_fixed8.jpg)
This photo was amazing to take, hell to edit, and honestly I can’t wait to go back to this place. With ancient petrified trees and an out of this world landscape, how could I not?
![Mawenzi Peak, Tanzania](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe6dd7b10f2589fb7563bd/1599715524653-BD8U28U8L28KCHMJBGZX/mawenzi.jpg)
This was my second-to-last camp in climbing Kilimanjaro - featuring the beautiful, chossy, Mawenzi Peak. Permits are rarely issued and rock-climbing protection is scarce, but there is something truly inviting about this peak.
![Milk Way Galaxy, Namib-Nakluft Desert](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe6dd7b10f2589fb7563bd/1555985108886-2L7YXWE9V86U9MJZBAOL/namibia_milkyway.jpg)
After obsessing over the Namibian night sky for months, I finally had the opportunity to spend several nights in the desert. I judiciously waited for the moon to set and then set out with wide-angle lens and tripod in hand, determined to capture the stars.