Amid reports of explosions just north of Windhoek in mid-November, Namibian authorities discovered a strange sphere in the village grasslands. After initially approaching cautiously, scientists... »

Instruments of Science, Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by atimian and Dylan

Stretching through Angola and Namibia on the southwest coast of Africa, the Namib Desert gets less than a half inch of rain per year. It's a completely barren landscape, deathly hot and mostly... »

Natural Wonders, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by atimian, Dylan and others

People have inhabited Twyfelfontein for the last 6000 years, and inscribed their otherwise lost history across the walls of caves, cliffs and hundreds of sandstone rocks. Twyfelfontein, in... »

Incredible Ruins | Edited by jhamburger and atimian

People flocked to what became known as Kolmanskop, Namibia, after the discovery of diamonds in the area in 1908. As people arrived with high hopes, houses and other key buildings were built. The... »

Ghost Towns | Edited by michelle, Dylan and 2 others

In the Namib-Naukluft National Park, in the central Namib Desert is a strange and alien landscape. Found among towering red dunes is an area known as Sossusvlei. The dunes that surround the... »

Natural Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Extraordinary Flora, Wonders of Salt | Edited by kwinb, Dylan and 3 others

As the largest known meteorite known on earth, you would think that this 60-ton iron-nickel meteorite would have left an immense blast crater when it fell to earth nearly 80 million years ago.... »

Geological Oddities | Edited by kwinb, Dylan and others