Sheila Peake, The Beautiful Dead (June theme: The Great Outdoors)

Surrounded by orange dunes, a walk on the white sand of the Deadvlei pan, with its 700-year-old petrified trees, embodied the exquisite, stark beauty, and finding a space to be alone.

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