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Earth Views
Namibia-Namib-Desert-Naukluft-Park-Sossusvlei...
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A large clay pan enclosed by huge sand dunes, some reaching 300m high, and are some of the highest in the world. Only after a (rare) heavy rainfall does the vlei fill with water, leaving a turquoise lake for some time as the clay is almost impervious to water.
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(Earth Views): Namibia Namib Desert Naukluft Park Sossusvlei sand dunes SMO.jpg
D=2002/10/29 [Oct 29, 2002]; S=712kB, 3607x2364; T=JPEG image [MIME:image/jpeg];
L=Estd:g:15.5E,24.5S{+/-0.5,0.5}.FREE to download and use! (c) Simon Collins
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About This Category
A selection of places and sights from around the Earth, catalogued by location, including views and scenery natural and artificial, rural and urban, ugly and beautiful.
This should help give you a feel of what particular parts of the world are like.
See also Aloha Earth to zoom in on on a map of the Earth to locate exhibits, and our travel section.
Variants Of This Exhibit
| Thumbnail | Exhibit Name |
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 |  Namibia Namib Desert Naukluft Park Sossusvlei sand dunes tweaked posterised SMO.jpg (Earth Views) |
Some Similar Exhibits
| Thumbnail | Exhibit Name |
|---|---|
 | Namibia Namib Desert Naukluft Park Hidden Vlei SMO.jpg (Earth Views) Vlei may simply mean dunes and indeed Sossusvlei == Hidden Vlei == hidden dunes. |
 | Namibia Kolmanskop ghost town near Luederitz SMO.jpg (Earth Views) |
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