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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Cue up the tango music
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La Brecha de Rolando (Rolands Breach), Spain
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Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
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I m here! Take a look at me!
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Sunburst at Angkor
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Cheetah mother and cub
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Star Wars Day
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First Cliff Walk
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Did they forget to fly south?
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Dallas Latino Cultural Center for Hispanic Heritage
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There was gold in them there hills…
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Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
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These patterns tell a story
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Alaska moose
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What s going on in this sky?
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Poinsettia Day
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Tolkien Reading Day
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New Orleans for Mardi Gras
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A fortress in the sky
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Don’t get lost in there
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Vale of Edale, Peak District, England
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International Rock Day
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We have liftoff!
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Our Lady of the Rocks
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America s Playground by Derrick Adams
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Surfer s paradise
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Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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European river otter, Netherlands
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Who created the Easter Bunny?
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Pollinators: not to be sneezed at
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