#vlei

[jandby]

Flying from Windhoek to Sossusvlei, we flew over Fish River Canyon, apparently Africa's largest - it looked like a whole network of canyons. Once we reached the red Namib Desert, we could see small herds of oryx who trotted along and then suddenly stopped and rubbernecked us - funny to watch them watching us. Walked a bit one day to get to the Sossusvlei, the dead-end marsh. Long-time dead, desiccated trees stand in a salt pan surrounded by red dunes.

[nunoxaviermoreira]

Deadvlei, Namib-Naukluft NP, Namibia by JH_1982 https://flic.kr/p/2ggsoeQ

[connor-burrows]

The vlei at dawn by didierlanore

[thebestinphotography]

Heart of the Vlei

[tales-from-the-sinnoh-labs]

Hey y’all! Amaranth here! I wanted to share some facts about myself to make this blog feel a bit nicer and homely. Vlei is busy because according to him:“paperwork is important Amaranth. Wait—have you even started on your last field report? No-Amaranth you cannot copy off mine!”

Fun facts:

- I’m originally from Unova! I was shuffled off from the fabulous Nimbasa city to reliable old dusty Driftvale when I was three. My Uncle Arcer was a fossil researcher and he couldn’t leave me alone all day so he would bring me to the dig sight, hand me an old leather bound copy of ‘Tales of Unova’ and let me entertain myself until lunch. I guess that’s where I got my love of myths and legends

- My first Pokémon was a Sigilyph that my Uncle caught one day while he was out in the field. Later I would go wondering off and find a Yamask. My team now consists of my Arcanine, Cofagrigis, and Sigilyph

- I was planning to complete the Unova gym challenge and work my way to the elite four but while working my way towards my eighth badge I met Drayden and he steered me towards my real passion—mythology!

- I know three different ancient languages. Even though Vlei is the one who can speak all the languages we need, I’m best when it comes to translating runes.

- Cynthia was the one to get me this internship under Rowan. I met her in Undella town while meeting up with my friend and sort of rival Marko. We started talking about legends and ancient myths and she told me to come to Sinnoh to study under Rowan if I wanted to get a hands on experience

- I love being out in the field, contrary to Vlei, who loves the indoors. I was raised with a bunch of muddy rough Pokémon and I’m always at home in a ranch or in the grass

- I’m pretty skilled riding Tauros. I once tried Ryhorn racing when we were in Kalos but uh turns out the race I entered was illegal? It was a mad dash to get to the finish line before the Kalos Police came. I think I have a picture somewhere

[tales-from-the-sinnoh-labs]

Hello fellow trainers, researchers and Pokémon enthusiasts! I’m researcher Amaranth Acacia, a student under Professor Rowan. My unwilling partner in crime and fellow researcher Vlei and I run this blog. I should probably tell you a few things about our research and myself:

Vlei and I are a part of the Rowan Labs research team, meaning we do a lot of traveling and camping out in different regions and labs. I’d like to describe our relationship as work pals but one wanted to work her way into the grumpy anti-social ones heart. We’ve been to Kalos(where the ‘incident’ occurred) to my home region of Unova( “at least we didn’t die!”). Vlei studies weather patterns and how they affect Pokémon and their battling. I’m studying Pokémon mythology and legends. We tend to work together pretty well pulling ourselves out of even the most dire situations.

[chrismilliganphoto]

Deadvlei is like nowhere else on earth, one of Africa's great landscapes. Other vlei claypans dot the Namib desert but none are quite so perfect an image. @desertexpressnamibia @sossusvlei_namibia @deinnamibia @africageo #deadvlei #vlei #saltpan #pan #clay #wild #wildlife #nature #iconic #africa #african #namibia #namibian #namibdesert #namib #travel #sossusvlei #namibnaukluft #desert #dry #arid #chrismilliganphoto https://www.instagram.com/p/CHggCJml0pj/?igshid=18u6g2k97ii7y

[nunoxaviermoreira]

Deadvlei, Namib-Naukluft NP, Namibia by JH_1982 https://flic.kr/p/2j6DeVv