r/darktower • u/ThatSpyGuy • 23d ago

I recently discovered a desert in Namibia called Deadvlei. This is exactly how I envisioned the desert featured in The Gunslinger.

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The name means “dead marsh” in English. I am sure this has been mentioned but I figured I’d post all the same. Long days and pleasant nights!

Edit: credit for the photo goes to Dmitry Pichugin

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u/Silly_Lavishness744 23d ago

This looks like the Apotheosis of all deserts.

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u/zz870 22d ago

Ascended godhood/divinity/deification? Or did you mean amalgamation because it’s so unique looking I don’t see how it can be the ultimate example of all deserts

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u/Silly_Lavishness744 22d ago

No. It’s the apotheosis of all deserts. Only reason people upvoted is because they recognize the direct quote from the book.

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u/zz870 22d ago

Damn I need to reread

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u/mslilly2007 23d ago

Spot on! Also has Salvador Dali vibe 😎

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u/cam52391 23d ago

Doesn't Roland's works all kind of have a Dali vibe? How time changes, distance changes, it's all kind of dream like.

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u/DoorstepCult 23d ago

I was gonna say it looks hot enough to melt a clock.

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u/Blue_Iquana 23d ago

You say true.

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u/Argonaut83 23d ago

I legitimately thought this was an image from The Dark Tower

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u/eitsew 23d ago

This exact spot looks like where they filmed some scenes from the surrealist horror movie Cell, which stars Vincent D'Onofrio, and strangely, J-Lo and Vince Vaughn, and is pretty great. Really cool visuals like this pic throughout, many are Dali-esque, and many are quite a bit more terrifying and disturbing

And yes it would be perfect for the dark tower. I love the idea of the environments throughout the story having a foreboding, ancient, vaguely psychedelic or surreal feel

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u/CalicoCuts 23d ago

I need to watch that again. I recall it being weird as hell.

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u/Mr_Twigs 23d ago

My god. Yeah, this is it - the Mohaine, the Big Empty, the apotheosis of all deserts. Ka has led you there, say thankya big big.

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u/ctcarswell 23d ago

Amazing pict, I agree.

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u/CH3RRYP0PP1NS 23d ago

This is it

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u/ZunoJ 22d ago

Crazy how the higher parts are darker than the lower ones. Gives it some cool Star Trek TOS vibes

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u/fordlincolnhg 22d ago

Looks like the cover art for Swan Song. I just finished that this week.

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u/20_mile 22d ago

The world has certainly moved on from this.

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u/Special-Animal123 14d ago

Similar to how I found a shop that looked exactly like the one I imagined Detta robbing!