PHOTO GALLERY: NAMIBIA, AFRICA! So much to see and learn!

I will admit, that the African countries, we know very little about. But there is so much beautiful scenery and wildlife that these countries are a Photographer’s dream.

Namibia, a country in southwest Africa, is distinguished by the Namib Desert along its Atlantic Ocean coast. The country is home to diverse wildlife, including a significant cheetah population. The capital, Windhoek, and coastal town Swakopmund contain German colonial-era buildings such as Windhoek’s Christuskirche, built in 1907. In the north, Etosha National Park’s salt pan draws game including rhinos and giraffes.

INTERESTING FACT ABOUT NAMIBIA:

The Namib Desert, the world’s oldest desert, has been around for at least 55 million years, devoid of surface water but bisected by many dry riverbeds. The Namib Desert is one of many stunning experiences that Namibia is known for.

A few ungulates, such as Hartmann’s zebras, live in these vegetated riverbeds.

INTERESTING FACT ABOUT NAMIBIA:

The south of the desert is very dry, with no dry riverbeds; the gemsbok is the only large mammal that can survive in this harsh climate.

An interesting fact about Namibia is that the thick fogs are common along the coast, and they are the desert’s lifeblood, providing enough moisture for a variety of interesting, well-adapted animal species to thrive.

Image by Jürgen Bierlein from Pixabay – – Photo of the gemsbok. The gemsbok or South African oryx is a large antelope in the genus Oryx. It is native to the extremely dry, arid regions of Southern Africa; notably, the Kalahari and Namib Desert. Some authorities formerly classified the East African oryx as a subspecies

CITY LIFE IN NAMIBIA LOOKS LIKE ANY OTHER MAJOR COUNTRY:

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INTERESTING FACT ABOUT NAMIBIA:

More than 11 languages are native to Namibia, but with its cosmopolitan culture, languages from all across the world are spoken in Namibia.

Image by Christina Wendlandt from Pixabay

The tallest dune in the Sossusvlei region is Big Daddy. Between Sossusvlei and Deadvlei lies this huge dune, which dwarfs the other dunes at 325 meters.

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The Gibeon meteorite shower is the largest known meteorite shower on Earth, covering a wide elliptical area of some 275 by 100 kilometres, centred on Brukkaros south of Mariental.

Most of the pieces fell just southeast of Gibeon. To date, some 120 specimens with a weight of almost 25 tons have been recorded. In fact in Namibia, an unknown number have been collected but never recorded.

The Gibeon meteorite shower occurred in prehistoric times in central Namibia. Remains from this meteorite shower are exhibited at Windhoek, Namibia’s capital city.