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Image 1: What's not love about a country that signposts this kind of thing? ;Image 2: The Hoba meteorite The largest lump of extra-terrestrial iron ever found. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoba_meteorite' class='blockLink' style='color:white' target='_blank'><u>More info</u></a>;Image 3: Sky ;Image 4: Not all Namibia is desert… ;Image 5: A Black-faced Impala in Etosha National Park <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etosha_National_Park' class='blockLink' style='color:white' target='_blank'><u>Etosha National Park</u></a>;Image 6: A Plains Zebra Note the characteristic shadow stripe of the West African Plains Zebra phenotype;Image 7: Crowned Lapwing ;Image 8: Palms ;Image 9: Blacksmith Lapwing ;Image 10: The Etosha pan ;Image 11: Lilac-breasted Roller ;Image 12: Black Rhino Or more properly the Hook-lipped Rhinoceros;Image 13: Oryx AKA Gemsbok;Image 14: A log in the Petrified Forest near Khoriax ;Image 15: A petrified log and a <em>Welwitschia</em> plant <em>Welwitschia</em>? An endemic plant to the Namib desert which can grow to be 1,500 years old. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwitschia' class='blockLink' style='color:white' target='_blank'><u>More info</u></a>;Image 16: A male (left) and female <em>Welwitschia</em> growing together ;Image 17: The view form our (luxury) tent at <a href='https://www.mowani.com/' class='blockLink' style='color:white' target='_blank'><u>Mowani Mountain Lodge</u></a>, Damaraland ;Image 18: Granite boulders at sunrise ;Image 19: Damaraland ;Image 20: ;Image 21: The desert Elephants of Damaraland They are smaller and have larger feet than their cousins that live in wetter areas;Image 22: Sleeping Elephants ;Image 23: ;Image 24: ;Image 25: ;Image 26: ;Image 27: ;Image 28: Organ pipes A section of perpendicular doleritic pillars;Image 29: Petroglyphs at Twyfelfontein <em>Twyfelfontein</em> is Afrikaans for <em>uncertain spring</em> <a href=' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twyfelfontein' class='blockLink' style='color:white' target='_blank'><u>More info</u></a>;Image 30: Penguins! Twyfelfontein is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which has been inhabited for 6,000 years and has 2,500 items of rock art;Image 31: Petroglyphs Giraffes, antelope and seals;Image 32: Elephant ;Image 33: The <em>Lion Man</em> A lion with human hands on its feet and tail is representative of the witch doctor;Image 34: Lion's mouth A sandstone rock formation called the Lion's mouth at Twyfelfontein;Image 35: Lion's mouth ;Image 36: ;Image 37: Damaraland ;Image 38: Sunset ;Image 39: Sunset ;Image 40: View from our "tent" at the <a href='https://erongowilderness-namibia.com/' class='blockLink' style='color:white' target='_blank'><u>Erongo Wilderness Lodge</u></a> ;Image 41: Erongo ;Image 42: Erongo ;Image 43: Granite boulders ;Image 44: Sunset ;Image 45: Rosy-faced Lovebird A lovely wee bird that is endemic to the region ;Image 46: Rosy-faced Lovebird ;Image 47: Rosy-faced Lovebird Too lovely a bird to only have a one or two pictures;Image 48: Rainbow lizard ;Image 49: On the road to Spitzkoppe ;Image 50: <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitzkoppe' class='blockLink' style='color:white' target='_blank'><u>Spitzkoppe</u></a> ;Image 51: Granite arch at Spitzkoppe ;Image 52: Spitzkoppe ;Image 53: Spitzkoppe ;Image 54: Fur seals at Cape Cross <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cross' class='blockLink' style='color:white' target='_blank'><u>More info</u></a>;Image 55: Fur seals ;Image 56: Fur seals ;Image 57: Lichen field in the Dorob National Park Namibia is famous for its lichen fields and I really wanted to see them. This pic in no way does justice to the fields (honest!);Image 58: Dunes at Swakopmund ;Image 59: Moon landscape East of Swakopmund, on the way to the giant <em>Welwitschia</em>;Image 60: Ostriches in the Namib desert ;Image 61: Giant <em>Welwitschia</em> This one is believed to be over 1,500 years old. The plant actually only has two leaves, but they are almost always split and battered by the elements.;Image 62: <em>Welwitschia</em> This one is probably about 500-600 years old;Image 63: Flamingos at Walvis Bay ;Image 64: Salt pan at Walvis Bay ;Image 65: Another salt pan And, yes, it really was this colour. <a href='https://www.minerals.net/mineral/halite.aspx ' class='blockLink' style='color:white' target='_blank'><u>Read up on halite if you're interested</u></a>;Image 66: Dunes to the south of the Swakop river ;Image 67: Dunes ;Image 68: Dunes ;Image 69: Dunes ;Image 70: Dunes ;Image 71: Dunes ;Image 72: On the way to Sossusvlei ;Image 73: On the way to Sossusvlei ;Image 74: Sossusvlei In the Namib-Nakluft National Park <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sossusvlei' class='blockLink' style='color:white' target='_blank'><u>More info</u></a>;Image 75: Deadvlei, Sossusvlei ;Image 76: Deadvlei, Sossusvlei From the top of Big Daddy, a 235m high dune behind the Deadvlei;Image 77: View from the Big Daddy dune ;Image 78: Deadvlei ;Image 79: Deadvlei ;Image 80: Spotted Eagle-Owl, Sossusvlei ;Image 81: Early evening in the Namib-Nakluft