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Meteorite sign Hoba meteorite Sky Road Black-faced Impala Plains Zebra Crowned Lapwing
Palms Blacksmith Lapwing Pan Lilac-breasted Roller Black Rhino Oryx Petrified log
Log and Welwitschia Welwitschia Granite boulders Sunrise Damaraland Damaraland Elephants
Elephants Elephants Elephants Elephants Elephants Elephant calf Organ pipes
Twyfelfontein Twyfelfontein Twyfelfontein Twyfelfontein Twyfelfontein Twyfelfontein Twyfelfontein
Tree Damaraland Damaraland Damaraland Erongo Erongo Erongo
Erongo Erongo Rosy-faced Lovebird Rosy-faced Lovebird Rosy-faced Lovebird Rainbow lizard Road
Spitzkoppe Arch Spitzkoppe Spitzkoppe Fur seals Fur seals Fur seals
Lichen field Dunes Moon landscape Ostrich Welwitschia Welwitschia Flamingos
Salt Salt Dunes Dunes Dunes Dunes Dunes
Dunes Trees Road Sossusvlei Deadvlei Deadvlei Dunes
Deadvlei Deadvlei Spotted Eagle-Owl Namib-Nakluft
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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