Namib Desert - Gallery

Gallery

  • A satellite image of the Namib Sand Sea by NASA World Wind; the Sand Sea, a major feature of the Namib, covers an area of 34,000 km (21,000 mi) and is bounded on the west by the Atlantic and on the east by the Great Escarpment

  • The dune sea of the Namib Desert. The crests of the dunes are aligned in a marked northwest-southeast orientation. The dunes act as obstacles, causing the winds to be deflected significantly to the right, in effect reorienting the southerly wind to become a southwesterly wind.

  • Namib Desert seen from Spot satellite

  • Namib Desert seen from Spot satellite

  • Camel Thorn Tree (Acacia erioloba) in Sossusvlei region

  • Sunset at the Namib Rand Nature Reserve, Namibia

  • Mud-cracked soil near Sossusvlei

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