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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Construction workers resting above Manhattan
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Where is this wintry road?
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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World Parrot Day
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A temple, preserved
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Wind Cave National Park celebrates 120 years
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The mountaintop of toppled gods
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Bukhansan National Park, South Korea
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Castelmezzano, Italy
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Decorator crab on a sea pen, Komodo National Park, Indonesia
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World Elephant Day
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Four Sisters, thousands of trees
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St. Paul Winter Carnival
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Northern coast of Colombia
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A night of art and culture
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Château de Villandry, France
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Today is World Refugee Day
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Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
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Monet still makes an impression
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When Death Valley blew its top
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Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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Fin whales: A success story
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Who s there? The largest owl in the world
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Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
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World Population Day
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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Sami lavvu structures, Finnmark, Norway
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Pearl Harbor Day
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