wittc2's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

wittc2

I just make lists of places to go to, and take pictures of the signs

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Tropic of Capricorn Crossing

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

Elaine

Added by Elaine

Welwitschia

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

atimian

Added by atimian

Dinosaur Footprints on the Otjihaenamaparero Farm

Tracks of ceratosaurus and Coelophysis rhodesiensis tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo.

Fairy Circles of Southern Africa

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Eduard Bohlen Shipwreck

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

LostPlanet

Added by LostPlanet

Namib Sand Sea

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

Allison

Added by Allison

Maputo, Mozambique

Maputo Natural History Museum

From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.

katieb82981

Added by katieb82981

Province de Ouarzazate, Morocco

'The Hills Have Eyes' Gas Station

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

Shirly

Added by Shirly

Merzouga, Morocco

Erg Chebbi

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

dzamonja

Added by dzamonja

Taza Province, Morocco

Friouato Caves

The true depths of these stunning Moroccan caves are unknown.

Ouarzazate, Morocco

Atlas Film Studios

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

nbj914

Added by nbj914

The Tree Goats of Morocco

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

The Last Bois Dentelle Trees

Only two of these trees remain in the natural world, found high in the cloud forest of the island of Mauritius.

Dylan

Chamarel, Mauritius

Seven Coloured Earths

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Moroccan Western Sahara Wall

This fortified sand barrier dividing a contested territory is the longest minefield in the world.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Nouadhibou, Mauritania

Bay of Nouadhibou Ship Graveyard

The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.

Added by bcloninger

Chinguetti, Mauritania

The Libraries of Chinguetti

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Richat Structure

A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.

Dylan

Gourma Rharous, Mali

Gaddafi Canal

Muammar Gaddafi's well-intentioned investment in his favorite city turned out to be a nightmare.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Liwonde, Malawi

The Leper Tree

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.

jamesboneill

Added by jamesboneill

Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

Aven Cave

This underwater cave in Madagascar is home to what is thought to be the country's largest fossil graveyard.

Added by Ashawnta

Marafa Depression

Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself."

Carnivore Restaurant

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Gedi Ruins

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.