NAMIBIA
Updated on 2013-07-27 04:57:53
Yulia Markova: "Meerkats group hug by Fajar Andriyanto"
Written on 2013-07-27 04:58:08
Yulia Markova: "The meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta, is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan". A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats, but some super-families have 50 or more members. In captivity, meerkats have an average life span of 12–14 years, and about half this in the wild.Contents"
Written on 2013-07-27 04:58:26
Raúl Hurtado: "Fascinating animals. they look like a human family staring for the picture..."
Written on 2013-07-29 12:24:13
Updated on 2013-07-27 02:48:59
Yulia Markova: "Milky way over quiver tree forest (Namibia)by Florian Breuer"
Written on 2013-07-27 02:49:59
Yulia Markova: "The Quiver Tree Forest (Kokerboom Woud in Afrikaans) is a forest and a well-known tourist attraction of southern Namibia. It is located about 14 km north of Keetmanshoop, on the road to Koës, in the Gariganus farm. It comprises about 250 specimens of Aloe dichotoma, a species of aloe that is also locally known as "quiver tree" (Afrikaans: kokerboom) because bushmen use its branches to make quivers. The forest is spontaneous; the tallest quiver trees are two to three centuries old. The forest was declared a national monument of Namibia on June 1, 1995."
Written on 2013-07-27 02:51:05
Miko the Kitty: Namib Desert in Namibia may not be as large as the Sahara but it is probably the world’s oldest desert. The desert stretches along the coastline of Namibia for more than 2,000 km (1,000 mi) in the Southwest of Africa. The massive sand dunes that are seen in the desert are a consequence of the strong winds that blow from the Atlantic Ocean.
Nowadays hot air balloons carry visitors into this remote desert to experience the magnitude and splendor of the landscape, its evershifting shapes and colors. Some of the major tourist attractions are Sossusvlei, a salt and clay plan surrounded by large dunes, an area known as “Moon Landscape” for its likeness to the Moon’s surface, and the famous “Long Wall” which is a magnificent coastal area where one experiences how the ocean meets the desert.
Other wonders are the Welwitschia plant which is considered to be a living fossil and the thick morning fog that rolls in from the Atlantic. Undoubtedly Namib Desert is one the natural wonders of the world. Now experience it for your own:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Vd6mMq3ug
Nowadays hot air balloons carry visitors into this remote desert to experience the magnitude and splendor of the landscape, its evershifting shapes and colors. Some of the major tourist attractions are Sossusvlei, a salt and clay plan surrounded by large dunes, an area known as “Moon Landscape” for its likeness to the Moon’s surface, and the famous “Long Wall” which is a magnificent coastal area where one experiences how the ocean meets the desert.
Other wonders are the Welwitschia plant which is considered to be a living fossil and the thick morning fog that rolls in from the Atlantic. Undoubtedly Namib Desert is one the natural wonders of the world. Now experience it for your own:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Vd6mMq3ug
Updated on 2012-09-03 10:14:35
