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Sossusvlei Landscape

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:22:30 -0800

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view from the top of a dune looking down on the landscape - Namib Desert Namibia

Sossusvlei is a clay pan in the central Namib Desert, lying within the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. Fed by the Tsauchab River, it is known for the high, red sand dunes which surround it forming a major sand sea. Vegetation, such as the camelthorn tree, is watered by infrequent floods of the Tsauchab River, which slowly soak into the underlying clay.

re-posting of this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/geoftheref/278566090/ after comments about strengthening the colour (and me finally getting a copy of Photoshop!)

Dead Tree - Sossusvlei

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:54:24 -0700

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Namibia Africa

Sossusvlei is a clay pan in the central Namib Desert, lying within the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. Fed by the Tsauchab River, it is known for the high, red sand dunes which surround it forming a major sand sea. Vegetation, such as the camelthorn tree, is watered by infrequent floods of the Tsauchab River, which slowly soak into the underlying clay.

Fish River Canyon - Namibia

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:10:08 -0800

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Sossusvlei Dunes

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:29:13 -0800

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Sossusvlei is a clay pan in the central Namib Desert, lying within the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. Fed by the Tsauchab River, it is known for the high, red sand dunes which surround it forming a major sand sea. Vegetation, such as the camelthorn tree, is watered by infrequent floods of the Tsauchab River, which slowly soak into the underlying clay.

Seed

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:09:09 -0800

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Seed on plant at Sossusvlei Namibia

Sossusvlei Landscape

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:34:29 -0800

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Sossusvlei Namibia - World's Tallest Sand Dunes

Sossusvlei is a clay pan in the central Namib Desert, lying within the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. Fed by the Tsauchab River, it is known for the high, red sand dunes which surround it forming a major sand sea. Vegetation, such as the camelthorn tree, is watered by infrequent floods of the Tsauchab River, which slowly soak into the underlying clay.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sossusvlei

Sossusvlei

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:45:19 -0800

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Sossusvlei Namibia - worlds tallest sand dunes

Sossusvlei is a clay pan in the central Namib Desert, lying within the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. Fed by the Tsauchab River, it is known for the high, red sand dunes which surround it forming a major sand sea. Vegetation, such as the camelthorn tree, is watered by infrequent floods of the Tsauchab River, which slowly soak into the underlying clay.

Sossusvlei

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:27:48 -0800

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Gemsbok at Sossusvlei

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:35:18 -0800

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Sossusvlei - Namibia
April 2006

Sossusvlei

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:03:22 -0800

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Sossusvlei sand dunes - Namibia Southern Africa
Tallest sand dunes in the world
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namib_Desert

Fish River Canyon

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:38:15 -0800

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Fish River Canyon - Namibia.
Second largest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon

Sossusvlei Landscape

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:24:01 -0700

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view from the top of a dune looking down on the landscape - Namib Desert Namibia

re-posting here with strengthened colours:

www.flickr.com/photos/geoftheref/2320501466/

Sossusvlei is a clay pan in the central Namib Desert, lying within the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. Fed by the Tsauchab River, it is known for the high, red sand dunes which surround it forming a major sand sea. Vegetation, such as the camelthorn tree, is watered by infrequent floods of the Tsauchab River, which slowly soak into the underlying clay.

Kolmanskop Ghost Town

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:50:44 -0700

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Kolmanskop Ghost Town - old German diamond mining town, abandoned in the 1950's west coast of Namibia

Sossusvlei Footprints

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:47:53 -0700

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Sossusvlei - Namibia

Sossusvlei is a clay pan in the central Namib Desert, lying within the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. Fed by the Tsauchab River, it is known for the high, red sand dunes which surround it forming a major sand sea. Vegetation, such as the camelthorn tree, is watered by infrequent floods of the Tsauchab River, which slowly soak into the underlying clay.

Kokerboom Tree

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Wed, 09 May 2007 20:13:56 -0700

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Namibia

Rusty Old Oven

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:59:51 -0800

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Kolmanskop Ghost Town - Namibia

Kokerboom

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:59:51 -0800

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Kokerboom Tree (Quiver Tree) Namibia Africa

Kolmanskop

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:30:37 -0800

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Kolmanskop is a ghost town in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port of Lüderitz. It was a small mining village and is now a popular tourist destination run by the joint firm NAMDEB (Namibia-De Beers).

It developed after the discovery of diamonds in the area in 1908, to provide shelter for workers from the harsh environment of the Namib Desert. The village was built like a German town, with facilities like a hospital, ballroom, power station, school, skittle-alley, theater and sport-hall, casino, ice factory and the first x-ray-station in southern Africa. It also had a railway line to Lüderitz.

The town declined after World War II as diamond prices crashed, and operations moved to Oranjemund. It was abandoned in 1956 but has since been partly restored. The geological forces of the desert mean that tourists can now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.

Namibian Water Pump

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:35:24 -0800

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Namibian Sky

nobody@flickr.com (geoftheref) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:12:59 -0700

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