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Namibia condemns tourists for posing naked on Big Daddy dune
The Namibian authorities have slammed a group of tourists for posing naked on the popular Big Daddy dune in the Namib desert ...
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Africa’s Super Park
This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand ...
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Web-Footed Gecko
Their color provides perfect camouflage among the powdery reddish sands of the Namib Desert, their primary habitat. These geckos have adapted their webbed feet not only to help them stay atop ...
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An ancient lake supported human life in the Namib Sand Sea, say experts
The archaeology of southern Africa’s west coast desert belt has not received the same attention. The Namib Sand Sea, part of the Namib Desert, is on the west coast of Namibia. It is a hyperarid ...
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Pia and Wild Nature – The Miraculous Creatures of the Namib Desert
Pia has traveled to the Namib Desert. Far away from civilization, she visits the Gobabeb Desert Research Station and learns amazing things about the miraculous creatures of the Namib Desert. First, ...