I am completely obsessed with the Namibian sky. It doesn't matter what time of day or what the weather is, it always leaves me in awe. If it wasn't so hot all the time I could just lay for hours and watch the clouds go by and be content. The clouds are like huge, floating islands in the sky - they make me think of the hovering islands in Avatar, only cooler because you know it wasn't created by a computer. The clouds seem so dense that wouldn't be surprised if you could actually walk on them.

The expanse of sky that the clouds can fill is so vast that they seem to go on forever. Last summer, when I was in Chicago, I saw Georgia O'Keefe's cloud painting...the clouds in her painting are almost lined up like a huge army on a blue battlefield and I'm often reminded of that when I look up into the sky...I know I'm mixing all sorts of metaphors here.

This morning I was driving to a nearby town around 7am and the horizon was washed with a pale blush from the rising sun and golden rays of sunlight were filtering through gaps in the dense clouds. It was so amazing...as you can see I could wax on poetically for ages and ages!