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• March 7, 2010 kwinb added Dead Vlei
  

  Dead Vlei

  This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time

  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

• March 6, 2010 kwinb added Dinosaur Footprints on the Otjihaenamaparero Farm
  

  Dinosaur Footprints on the Otjihaenamaparero Farm

  200-million-year-old ceratosaurus and syntarsus tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo

  Near the center of Namibia, in the Kalkveld region, midway between the B1 and the C33 highways is the farm Otjihaenamaparero. There exposed in the Etjo sandstone are 200-million-year-old... »

  Geological Oddities | Edited by kwinb, Dylan and 2 others

• March 5, 2010 kwinb added Hoba Meteorite near Grootfontein, Namibia
  

  Hoba Meteorite near Grootfontein, Namibia

  Largest Known Meteorite on Earth

  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