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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Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
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Wind horses carry wishes for a new year
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Flying high on National Bird Day
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Petrified Forest National Park
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And you thought moths were boring
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Earth at Perihelion
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The Wave, Vejle, Denmark
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Great on so many levels
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Christmas tree at Crystal Pier, San Diego, California
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Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany
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Chinese New Year
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Beware the Ides of March
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Anniversary of Pinnacles National Park, California
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Honoring our veterans
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Wildlife Conservation Day
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Bearded reedlings in Flevoland
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Tide pools in La Jolla, California
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Bluebells in Hertfordshire, England
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200th anniversary of Brazilian independence
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World Sea Turtle Day
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Sand, sun, and sk8ers
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Oud-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Let s run em up!
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Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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World Bamboo Day
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The Zugspitze: Germany s highest point
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