The Brandberg photo30 Aug
In the morning sun Namibia’s Brandberg mountain truly lives up to its name (fire mountain, in German). Standing at the plains surrounding the mountain I took this picture one morning in August 2008. The following two days we went up and down the mountain. Climbing in above 40 degrees heat was not an easy one, and with my camera equipment, water, clothes for the chilly night, food, etc we were carrying more then 20kg each. This climb was the most memorable part of my trip and a huge sense of achievement when we made it up and down in two days (most people do it in four).
Taking the photo I had to hi-jack our truck from Kobus, since he was busy packing up the camp and I knew I only had minutes to grab the shot that I wanted. The sun was coming up from behind and the shot changed every 30 sec. I found the spot where I could have the tree in the foreground to the right, and waited until the main part of the tree was lit by the sun, but part of the trunk was still in shade. 2 minutes later and the sun was too strong. But the moment was captured, and I thought it was a suitable photo to remember one of many good memories I have from Namibia, the land god made in anger, a very suitable name indeed!
