Breathtaking Pics Of Namib, Among World's Oldest Deserts, Clicked From Space

The Namib, considered to be one of the driest places on Earth, means “an area where there is nothing” in the local Nàmá language

An astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) has shared breathtaking photos of the Namib Desert in western Namibia captured from space. The Namib is believed to be among the oldest deserts on Earth, dating back 55 million years. The rolling sand seas of the Namib desert along the coast of Namibia???????? It is perhaps the world's oldest desert, stretching back 55-80 million years. A little inland of the sand dunes, is the Brukkaros Mountain ????Although it looks like a meteor crater when see from space, it is… pic.twitter.com/dCeUpuhEkl

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday, Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen shared a few photos of the Namib showcasing the features of the coastal desert. "The rolling sand seas of the Namib desert along the coast of Namibia. It is perhaps the world's oldest desert, stretching back 55-80 million years," he wrote.

One of the photos also shows a crater-like formation in the desert surrounded by sand dunes which, according to Mr Mogensen, is the Brukkaros Mountain.