In the ‘Oryx Crossing A Salt Pan’ fine art photograph, you can see the muddy salt clinging to the hoof of the Oryx’s upraised leg. Behind the Oryx is a trail of its footprints as it saunters to its unknown destination. Indeed, the salt pans stretch as far as the eye can see. An empty endless vastness. Is it empty? No, but it is infinite.
The salt pan of northern Namibia covers an area of 4800 square kilometers / 2980 square miles. Etosha pan is the largest expanse of salt in Africa. There are lone salt springs on the pan that have built up little hillocks of clay. Those springs use the animals as salt licks. Rainwater fills the channels that lead into the pan during monsoon season. At the same time, this creates scattered rainwater pools.
The remarkable Oryx is a unique antelope, which inhabits sparse grasslands, semi-desert, and deserts. Altogether there are four species of Oryx. Three of the species are native to Africa and the fourth you find in the Arabian Peninsula.
The Gemsbok or Oryx, Oryx gazella, is under the category least concern in the IUCN red list.
If you like the ‘Oryx Crossing Salt Pan,’ you may want to discover similar hoofed mammals. Another African wildlife fine art photograph of this antelope species standing in the vastness of the Namibian countryside. All our wildlife photographs, including landscapes, are for sale as stock photos licenses and fine art photo prints as wall art online.
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Ruth –
One of my very favorites. The colors are so subtle and yet sensational. Beautifully done
Anette Mossbacher –
The Oryx on the salt pan. I agree with you, Ruth. Thanks so much. 😀