Surreal places in Africa, pt 2

Located between Namibia's towering red

dunes is a land that's haunting and

spectacular. It is called Dead. This

white clay pan was formed more than a

thousand years ago when a river flooded

after heavy rainfall. But the look of

the pan that can be seen now is due to

the drought that struck the area. The

trees that were able to grow while the

area had water stopped growing, but they

did not disappear. The drought was so

harsh that the trees dried out and they

transformed into blackened bones. Those

trees are believed to be around 900

years old, trapped now in a white clay

marsh.