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Namib Sand Sea

The oldest desert on Earth also gives rise to some of the planet’s tallest dunes.


NASA image by Alan Holmes/NASA’s Ocean Color Web, using data from SeaHawk/HawkEye. Photo courtesy of pxfuel. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published November 26, 2021
Data acquired January 20, 2020

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