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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Earth Day
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One giant leap for penguins
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Negratín Reservoir, Granada, Spain
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Siblings Day
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Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand
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World Otter Day
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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Heavens Gate Cave, Tianmen Mountain National Park, China
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Blue-footed booby, Galápagos Islands
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New Year’s Day in the land of the rising sun
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Rock River Falls, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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Birch trees, Drammen, Norway
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National Take a Hike Day
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Pearl of the Adriatic
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Winter in England s Cotswolds
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It s tree-climbing season
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Chilling out in the Arctic
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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Lake Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
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European hedgehog in Sussex, England
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Let the Highland games begin
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Why you should thank a nurse today
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Château de Villandry, France
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Kjell Henriksen Observatory
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Big sky at Big Bend
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Tafilalet oasis in Morocco
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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Te Rewa Rewa Bridge near New Plymouth, New Zealand
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American bison
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