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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Once upon a midafternoon dreary…
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World Art Day
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That bill s just not going to fit
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Wheels up in Beijing
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20 years later
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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World Nature Conservation Day
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Saksun, Faroe Islands, Denmark
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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A yearly sign that spring has sprung
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Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
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harlem
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Pi Day
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Merry and bright
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Lake Tyrrell, Victoria, Australia
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Mitsumata blossoms
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Gateway to America
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The party’s just starting
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A swim in the sky
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Giants of the avian world
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Honoring the first American woman in space
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Barn owl, England
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The Gothic Gate in the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, Czechia
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Eye of the cave
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Greetings from Asbury Park
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Grab onto the handlebars, kid
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Quebec City for Winter Carnival
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Remembering the Arizona
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Even nature needs a backup plan…
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