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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Tour de France begins
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The cycle begins anew
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National Park Week begins
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World Donkey Day
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Summer’s in home stretch
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Great horned owl near Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida
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Dancing in The Nutcracker
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On the wings of the Wright brothers
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A night on the (ghost) town
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Santo Antão Island in the Republic of Cabo Verde
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Golden jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake, Palau
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A Latino art exhibition in Denver
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Black Fell in England s Lake District
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Kalalau Beach on the Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii
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Siblings Day
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Jupiter and the Galilean moons
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Corjuem Fort in Goa, India
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Whatever floats your boat
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World Space Week
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April Fools Day
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Saint Nicholas Day in Verbier, Switzerland
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Full moon
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All in a day s work
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Ambassadors of the airwaves
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Wildlife crossing, Wierden, Netherlands
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Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England
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The mighty, mighty mushroom
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A wild, craggy corner of the United States
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Fall comes to the Last Frontier
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