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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World Migratory Bird Day
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Dolomites
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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The borrowed days are here
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World Teachers Day
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A wonderland in winter
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Hollywood s big night
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A bridge too Fawr
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Blooming sunflowers
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Christmas Bird Count
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Black Fell in England s Lake District
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The Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve in Siberia, Russia
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Sweetheart Abbey, Scotland
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Winter in the Finnish wilds
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Common raven
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Why’s it called a spelling ‘bee,’ anyhow?
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In Texas, even the riverbend is big
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Mountain hare hopping into Lunar New Year
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Go climb a tree
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A hint of spring
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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Corona Arch near Moab, Utah
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Crimson-rumped toucanet in the Refugio Paz de Las Aves, Ecuador
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International Literacy Day
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