Timekeeping Unveiled
In the hushed moonlit splendor of Namibia’s Deadvlei, Beth McCarley’s lens has seized an otherworldly spectacle for the 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest. Under a celestial canopy where the Milky Way glitters, a solitary 900-year-old camelthorn tree, a testament to survival, rises from the ancient sands.

This ethereal vista whispers an invitation to the wilds of endurance. Will you heed the call?.