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Namibia

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Two adult elephants and a calf walking across a dry sandy plain among reddish boulders, with rocky hills and mountains behind. — Desert elephants on the move Samira Ellmer

Scorpion glowing bright greenish blue under ultraviolet light on dark leaf litter and twigs, surrounded by deep violet and black darkness. — A scorpion under UV light Jianhao Zhang

Dead, blackened trees standing on a flat white cracked clay pan in front of a huge orange sand dune under a deep blue sky. — White sand and withered tree in Sossusvlei Jianhao Zhang

Sharp crest of an orange sand dune with sand blowing off it in a haze, rippled footprints along the ridge and a pale desert plain with scattered trees below a blue sky. — Flying sand in Namib Desert Jianhao Zhang

Wide flat desert plain where lines of grass tussocks trace winding channels, seen from a red sand dune with dry grass, with rocky mountains and scattered clouds beyond. — Plants indicate water in dry environments János Balogh

Desert mountain whose flank is split into pale white and dark brown rock bands, rising behind an orange sandy plain with two small green acacia trees in the foreground under a clear blue sky. — The home of the Mountain Zebra Florian Heine

Small sapling with a pale trunk and a few green leaves growing out of a crack near the top of a large orange speckled granite boulder, seen from below against a blue sky. — I've got no roots on the ground Florian Heine

Three-toed dinosaur footprint pressed into reddish-orange rock, framed by a rounded crack in the stone surface around it. — A track from the past Simona Gabrielli

Crest of a bright orange-red sand dune with a cloud of sand blowing off its sharp ridge into a pale sky, a single thin stick poking out of the sand near the top. — Something sticks out Sophie von Fromm

Aerial view of long orange-red sand dunes with dark shadowed flanks, the sandy ground between them pock-marked with hundreds of small round bare patches known as fairy circles. — The mysterious fairy circles. Hezi Yizhaq

Several forked lightning bolts striking down from a purple-red night sky behind a dark treeline, with a rhino standing on stony ground near a waterhole in the foreground. — Lightning with Rhino Christoph Schmidt

Black-and-white view of dead, bare trees standing on a flat clay pan in front of a huge sand dune, with rain and blurred raindrops softening the scene. — Rain in the Namib Desert Christoph Schmidt

Person in a wide-brimmed hat and backpack, carrying a hammer on one shoulder, standing on a broad pinkish granite outcrop striped with many thin parallel pale bands, with scattered bushes behind. — The Stripes of Donkerhuk John Clemens

Long ridges of orange-brown sand dunes with sharp crests and shadowed slopes, above a gently sloping sandy flat dotted with small shrubs. — Linear dune Joanna Nield

Smooth curved crest of a pale sand dune with a sharp edge sweeping into a long horn across a flat grey gravel plain under dark, heavy clouds. — Skeleton Dune Jerome Mayaud

White shipping container with a lit open door and a sloping roof inside a wire fence on dark gravelly desert at dusk, beside a lattice mast, with a bright full moon low on the right. — Two suns in the desert Jošt V. Lavrič

Wide view over a deep desert canyon with layered brown and tan rock walls and flat-topped mesas, a thin river with pools winding along the canyon floor. — Fish River Canyon, Namibia Lucy Clarke

Tall lattice mast held by guy wires, silhouetted against a blue and orange sunset sky above a flat desert, with a small building with a canopied roof and a parked car at its foot. — Namib Desert Atmospheric Observatory (NDAO) for continuous atmospheric measurements Jošt V. Lavrič

Bare dead trees standing on a stony desert flat in front of red sand dunes half hidden by a thick pale veil of dust, under a deep blue sky. — Dust in Sossusvlei, Nambia James King

Two dead blackened trees standing on a cracked white clay pan, casting long shadows, in front of a towering orange sand dune under a blue sky. — Trees of Time Pedro Machado

Aerial view of a vast, arid, sandy brown mountain landscape of tilted rock ridges and dry gullies stretching to a hazy horizon. — Naukluft Mountains Stefan Wirtz

Aerial view of smooth sand dunes with curving crests and soft shadows, sweeping in waves across the frame, with tiny dark specks of vegetation. — Coastal dunes, Namib Stefan Wirtz

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