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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Flooded crypt, Basilica of San Francesco, Ravenna, Italy
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Reflections on the mighty Amazon
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Fox kits
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National Park Service Founders Day
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Train crossing the Tadami River in Japan
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Step into the dark
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Flamingos of the Chilean desert
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Happy International Beaver Day!
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Paro Tsechu Festival in Bhutan
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Gray seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland
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Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
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Impala in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
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World Turtle Day
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Installation art turns heads
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Okefenokee Swamp
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It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
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Naxos in the Cyclades Islands of Greece
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Dog days of summer
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harlem
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US Election Day
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It s Teacher Appreciation Week
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Tesla, the visionary
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Kawachi Fuji Garden
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A meerkat stands alone
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The Great Blue Hole, Belize
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Tour de France
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Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge connecting Laos and Thailand
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Children at play for International Day of Friendship
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Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
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Why’s it called a spelling ‘bee,’ anyhow?
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