Namib

  • Namibian Fairy Circles Mystery Solved AGAIN!

    It’s fun to ponder those unsolved mysteries of nature we’ve all heard about from childhood onward. Last March I blogged that one of those “nature’s unsolved mysteries” was unsolved no more – Namibia’s “fairy circles.” Of course, depending on where you grew up, this may be the first time you’ve ever heard of them.  The…

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  • Video: Sossusvlei and Namib Desert from the air

    I had an amazing trip to the Namib Desert recently.  The oldest desert in the world, the Namib is where the Tsauchab river ends, seeping into the ground amid towering ochre dunes.  A few gnarled, dried camelthorn trees stand on the baked clay pans that explode into blossom just a few weeks per year.  Surely…

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