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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Native American Heritage Month
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A day to take a moment
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A theatrical dream
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It s harvest time on World Food Day
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Rocks on the move
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From Sputnik to extraterrestrial storms
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Cecil Brewer Staircase, London
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To Sua Ocean Trench
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National Mushroom Month
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Cross this bridge if you dare
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Cherry blossoms spring to life
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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Flower of Life symbol drawn in snow
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Frog Month
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Dunes at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
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A day for the oceans
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Black History Month
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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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Fox kits
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Procida, Italy
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A Latino art exhibition in Denver
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Struck by Southwestern beauty
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Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
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Look before you leap
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Hello, harbinger of spring
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Hitsujiyama Park, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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Navajo Bridge in Marble Canyon
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A tower of remembrance