My first trip North was pretty outrageous, for several reasons. Among the more easy-to-articulate was the staggering climatic/topographic/biome/ecosystem variety. In the scope of 7 days, we encountered some pretty wild extremes: dessert lakes, volcanic rock, sand, quartz, downpours and dust storms. Here is an attempt to show you what I mean...
the approach to Lake Turkana.
high in my top 5 most-stunning-places
the lake shore at sunset.
post-birthday swim
driving between Loiyangalani and Kargi.
a real in-between space: the rock of Lake Turkana and the sand of the south Chalbi Desert
from Kargi to Korr.
pure Kaisut Desert
driving through the "white highlands" on the way home.
unbelievable that this is all within 548km (~340 miles)
It isn't that I didn't expect such variation. Certainly, the climatic and topographic changes in the US are equally as staggering. But the changes here are so extreme, within a comparatively short area, and often in the context of INTENSE dependence on the environment by local communities...you can't help but be sobered by the rain flooding an already-flooded field when only 5 hours before you were passing herds of thin goats engulfed in sand storms. It's wild.
More photos please!!!
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