Though the coastal Namib Desert begins in the southwest of Angola, and creeps into South Africa, the largest stretch of the Namib makes up the coastline of Namibia. Parts of the Namib rise in steep elevation, while the northern portion is often shrouded in thick fog rolling off the Atlantic. The fog over the region called the Skeleton Coast is responsible for numerous shipwrecks, but the moisture it brings into the harsh desert landscape is crucial to the flora and fauna that thrive here.
Is that a face in the sand?
Today in History
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Mountain hare hopping into Lunar New Year
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Life goes on at the Beatles Ashram
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World Meteorological Day
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Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act marks 42 years
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Digging the birds
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Back on the rise
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Fiesta at Siesta
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Big wheels on a big mountain
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Shining like Klondike gold
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Staring down winter
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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Old underground cellar, Bavaria, Germany
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A tale of almonds and bees
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Reflections of the night sky
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In the path of the pronghorn
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It s truffle season here in the Dordogne Valley
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Autumn in Piedmont
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The meeting point of the winds
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International Tiger Day
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Rocky mountain pi
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Women s suffrage at 100
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It s National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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Get on your bike and ride
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Góða ólavsøku, from the Faroes!
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International Rock Day
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Wedded Rocks, Japan
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The Unfinished Obelisk near Aswan, Egypt
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Fall Astronomy Week
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World Rainforest Day