納米布沙漠是世界上最古老、最干燥的沙漠之一。這片位于納米比亞和安哥拉境內(nèi)的紅色沙地，全長1900公里，擁有世界上最大的金剛石礦床，同時聲名顯赫的，還有那片由干涸的鹽沼形成的死亡谷（Dead Vlei）。八千萬年“高齡”的納米布沙漠中，每年的平均降雨量只有區(qū)區(qū)6厘米，沙丘與河流不斷斗爭，風從未停止過雕鑿，沙丘生命周期呈現(xiàn)出的復雜性，都叫地質(zhì)學家迷惑不已，死亡谷便是蘇絲斯黎紅沙漠的奇觀異景之一。

Namib is one of the oldest and driest deserts in the world. This red desert, located in Namibia and Angola, stretches for more than 1,900 kilometers. It boasts the world's largest diamond deposit and the famous Dead Vlei formed by the dried salt marshes. In the 80 million-year-old Namib, the average annual precipitation is only 60 mm. The constant battles between the sand dunes and the rivers, the landforms carved from the neverending wind, and the complexity of the life cycle of the sand dunes captivate all geologists. Dead Vlei is one of the wonders of Sossusvlei.