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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Okefenokee Swamp
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Menton, France
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Autumn comes to the Porcupines
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The Guggenheim turns 60
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The Old City of Bern
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Blue-footed booby, Galápagos Islands
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Lick Observatory
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Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia
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A theatrical dream
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Naxos in the Cyclades Islands of Greece
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New York City skyline
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Mooncake time
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Río Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil
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Our Lady of the Rocks
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Polar Bear Week
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Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
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Seonam Temple, South Korea
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Happy Hobbit Day
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Chittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan, India
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World Bicycle Day
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Hoisting a flag for seafarers
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Agüero, Huesca province, Spain
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Illuminations on the Gulf of Poets
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Happy Mothers Day!
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Veterans Day
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Diwali
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Union Square, Manhattan
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Shakespeare Day
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Freshwater plants in Aquário Natural, Brazil
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