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  • South Namibia. Kolmanskop, is a ghost town, a few kilometers inland from the harbour of Luderitz. It developed in 1908, after the discovery of diamonds in the area. The village was built like a German town. The town declined after WW1 and was abandoned in 1956. The desert mean that tourists can now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.
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  • South Namibia. Kolmanskop, is a ghost town, a few kilometers inland from the harbour of Luderitz. It developed in 1908, after the discovery of diamonds in the area. The village was built like a German town. The town declined after WW1 and was abandoned in 1956. The desert mean that tourists can now walk through houses knee-deep in sand. School.
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  • South Namibia. Kolmanskop, is a ghost town, a few kilometers inland from the harbour of Luderitz. It developed in 1908, after the discovery of diamonds in the area. The village was built like a German town. The town declined after WW1 and was abandoned in 1956. The desert mean that tourists can now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.
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  • South Namibia. Kolmanskop, is a ghost town, a few kilometers inland from the harbour of Luderitz. It developed in 1908, after the discovery of diamonds in the area. The village was built like a German town. The town declined after WW1 and was abandoned in 1956. The desert mean that tourists can now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.
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  • South Namibia. Kolmanskop, is a ghost town, a few kilometers inland from the harbour of Luderitz. It developed in 1908, after the discovery of diamonds in the area. The village was built like a German town. The town declined after WW1 and was abandoned in 1956. The desert mean that tourists can now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.
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  • South Namibia. Kolmanskop, is a ghost town, a few kilometers inland from the harbour of Luderitz. It developed in 1908, after the discovery of diamonds in the area. The village was built like a German town. The town declined after WW1 and was abandoned in 1956. The desert mean that tourists can now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.
    em4110157.jpg
  • South Namibia. Kolmanskop, is a ghost town, a few kilometers inland from the harbour of Luderitz. It developed in 1908, after the discovery of diamonds in the area. The village was built like a German town. The town declined after WW1 and was abandoned in 1956. The desert mean that tourists can now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.
    em4110151-1.jpg
  • South Namibia. Kolmanskop, is a ghost town, a few kilometers inland from the harbour of Luderitz. It developed in 1908, after the discovery of diamonds in the area. The village was built like a German town. The town declined after WW1 and was abandoned in 1956. The desert mean that tourists can now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.
    em4110147.jpg
  • South Namibia. Kolmanskop, is a ghost town, a few kilometers inland from the harbour of Luderitz. It developed in 1908, after the discovery of diamonds in the area. The village was built like a German town. The town declined after WW1 and was abandoned in 1956. The desert mean that tourists can now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.
    em4110143.jpg
  • Sonora desert, sand dunes
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  • Isthmus of Tehuantepec, San Mateo del Mar. Huaves women walking on the top of sand dunes.
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  • Sand of Forvie. Seals. This huge area of sand dunes and coastal heath lies next to the Ythan Estuary. The estuary, riverside and seacliffs combine to make this a particularly rich area for a variety of plants and wildlife. In particular, it supports the largest colony of breeding eider duck in Britain and attracts large numbers of geese and waders in winter.
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  • Sand of Forvie. This huge area of sand dunes and coastal heath lies next to the Ythan Estuary. The estuary, riverside and seacliffs combine to make this a particularly rich area for a variety of plants and wildlife. In particular, it supports the largest colony of breeding eider duck in Britain and attracts large numbers of geese and waders in winter.
    em0762447.jpg
  • Sand of Forvie. This huge area of sand dunes and coastal heath lies next to the Ythan Estuary. The estuary, riverside and seacliffs combine to make this a particularly rich area for a variety of plants and wildlife. In particular, it supports the largest colony of breeding eider duck in Britain and attracts large numbers of geese and waders in winter.
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  • Central Namibia, sand dunes along the road near Walvis Bay.
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  • Eugenie ship near the sand dunes of Nasser Lake between Aswan and Abu Simbel. Only few small cruise ships reach the  monuments of the Nubia, once a region rich in gold that was a necessary link between equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The Egypt's pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II.
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  • Eugenie tourist cruise M/V near the sand dunes of Nasser Lake  between Aswan and Abu Simbel. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Eugenie tourist cruise M/V near the sand dunes of Nasser Lake  between Aswan and Abu Simbel. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. The Great Temple, 11.000 square cubic meters, and the small Temple of Nefertari were dismantled and rebuilt with the same alignment on an artificial hill 65 meters above. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Central Namibia, sand dunes along the road near Walvis Bay.
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  • Sossusvlei, is a huge ephemeral mountain chain of red dunes that reach up to 325m. The dunes are part of a 32.000 sq km sand sea and belong to one of the oldest and driest ecosystems on earth. The landscape changes as the light and wind alters constantly the dune shapes.
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  • Sossusvlei, is a huge ephemeral mountain chain of red dunes that reach up to 325m. The dunes are part of a 32.000 sq km sand sea and belong to one of the oldest and driest ecosystems on earth. The landscape changes as the light and wind alters constantly the dune shapes.
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  • Sossusvlei, is a huge ephemeral mountain chain of red dunes that reach up to 325m. The dunes are part of a 32.000 sq km sand sea and belong to one of the oldest and driest ecosystems on earth. The landscape changes as the light and wind alters constantly the dune shapes.
    em4110305.jpg
  • Sossusvlei, is a huge ephemeral mountain chain of red dunes that reach up to 325m. The dunes are part of a 32.000 sq km sand sea and belong to one of the oldest and driest ecosystems on earth. The landscape changes as the light and wind alters constantly the dune shapes.
    em4110309-1.jpg
  • Sossusvlei, is a huge ephemeral mountain chain of red dunes that reach up to 325m. The dunes are part of a 32.000 sq km sand sea and belong to one of the oldest and driest ecosystems on earth. The landscape changes as the light and wind alters constantly the dune shapes. Dead Vlei, a salt pan with dead trees, the oldest are 900 years old.
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  • Sossusvlei, is a huge ephemeral mountain chain of red dunes that reach up to 325m. The dunes are part of a 32.000 sq km sand sea and belong to one of the oldest and driest ecosystems on earth. The landscape changes as the light and wind alters constantly the dune shapes.
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  • The Ruba' al-Khali desert near the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Without marked boundaries this is the land of Bedouin tribes that hold more power than the central governement.
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  • Outer Hebrides, South Uist Island.Tobha Mor beach.
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  • Sossusvlei. Namib coastal desert.
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  • Outer Hebrides, South Uist Island.Tobha Mor beach.
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  • Hamada, Derr Temple: built by Ramses II and dedicated to Amun- Ra is considered a simplified and reduced version of Abu Simbel Temple. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • White Sands Nat. Mon. Huge dunes of gypsum, thelargest gypsum desert in the world.
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  • White Sands Nat. Mon. Huge dunes of gypsum, thelargest gypsum desert in the world.
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  • White Sands Nat. Mon. Huge dunes of gypsum, thelargest gypsum desert in the world.
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  • Sonora desert; sand dunes
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  • Sonora desert; sand dunes
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  • Outer Hebrides. Lewis Island: Bernera (Berneraigh) island. Iron Age House of Bostadh, a reconstruction of iron houses village discovered in the dune sands in 1992.
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  • Outer Hebrides. Lewis Island: Bernera (Berneraigh) island. Iron Age House of Bostadh, a reconstruction of iron houses village discovered in the dune sands in 1992. Every year some voluntaries fix winter damages.
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