Captured from the deep, dark skies of the Namib Desert at the Rooisand Desert Ranch in Namibia, this striking composite image highlights a native quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) silhouetted against the core of the Milky Way. Known locally as the Kokerboom, these iconic desert aloe plants store water in their fleshy trunks to endure extreme heat and can live for hundreds of years.
Captured from the deep, dark skies of the Namib Desert at the Rooisand Desert Ranch in Namibia, this striking composite image highlights a native quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) silhouetted against the core of the Milky Way. Known locally as the Kokerboom, these iconic desert aloe plants store water in their fleshy trunks to endure extreme heat and can live for hundreds of years.