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A grey-and-orange tent sits on firm sand in the Namib Desert, surrounded by dry dune grass and quiet fog. Above, a copper-colored moon hangs in the sky and makes the whole camp feel calm and strange. An old tree stump holds an axe, and a small table has an open book that looks damp with mist.

A grey-and-orange tent sits on firm sand in the Namib Desert, surrounded by dry dune grass and quiet fog. Above, a copper-colored moon hangs in the sky and makes the whole camp feel calm and strange. An old tree stump holds an axe, and a small table has an open book that looks damp with mist.