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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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Eurasian scops owl
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Lace up your hiking boots for Mountain Day
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Travel Sunday: Liverpool
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Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Arkansas
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Stepping stones in Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland
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The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Río Arazas in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Spain
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Beaver achievers
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Super sandy Sweet 16
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Black History Month
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Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy
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Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
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Why you should thank a nurse today
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Brown-throated three-toed sloth in cecropia tree, Costa Rica
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A fair that s star-studded
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Endangered Species Act
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Oktoberfest begins!
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Giving Tuesday
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Storks ready for takeoff
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In Apia Harbor for Samoan Independence Day
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Of moose and Maine
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A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
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Daylight saving time
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Freeloaders of the avian world
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Floating temples in the Land of Smiles
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Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
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