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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The tale of squirrels like Nutkin
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Where is this wintry road?
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Barcelona bids farewell to summer
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What the hay?
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Happy Canada Day!
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Are you older than this lake?
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The Big Blue of the Sierra
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Splashes of color for Watercolor Month
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Ludwig’s palace
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St. Patricks Day in County Waterford, Ireland
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National Hammock Day
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Pining for spring
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Nature Photography Day
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Lei Day
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Does it swim in slow motion too?
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St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights, Michigan
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Siblings Day
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Wayag Islands in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia
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Remembering Jimmy Carter
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Cape Town at dusk
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
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Winter in the Finnish wilds
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Great horned owl
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Après-ski in the Dolomites
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National Library Week
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Canadian Thanksgiving
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Protecting Alaska
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The Hermitage of Santa Justa
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