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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Jamaica celebrates its independence
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Art over Amalfi
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Happy Father s Day
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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Black History Month
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International Day of Friendship
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Happy 50th for the National Trails System!
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
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Celebrate Mandela Day
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Eurasian lynx
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A young jaguar on a riverbank, Pantanal, Brazil
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Fiesta at Siesta
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European river otter, Netherlands
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‘Hello’ from zero degrees longitude
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Coming home to roost
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National Love a Tree Day
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Pride Month
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International Women s Day
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Blue hour in Trondheim, Norway
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And to think that I saw it in Cappadocia
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Ludwig’s palace
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Aerial view of the Colorado River Delta in Mexico
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Yungang Grottoes, Shanxi, China
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Celebrating the Day of the Dead
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Here s looking Atchafalaya
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
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Vietnam’s new bridge deserves a big hand
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World Olive Tree Day
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