The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 181National Geographic Society., 1992 - Geography |
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... sand , and some even roar when an ava- lanche of sand slowly cascades down their steep slopes . In all , the Namib Desert stretches 1,300 miles along Africa's southwest coast . * We have seen and marveled at the survival tech- niques of ...
... sand , and some even roar when an ava- lanche of sand slowly cascades down their steep slopes . In all , the Namib Desert stretches 1,300 miles along Africa's southwest coast . * We have seen and marveled at the survival tech- niques of ...
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... sand , we have watched the denizens of the slip face in action . As the midmorning sun warms a dune , a large sand - diving lizard cautiously pokes its head out and waits , wary of predators such as goshawks . Then it emerges in full ...
... sand , we have watched the denizens of the slip face in action . As the midmorning sun warms a dune , a large sand - diving lizard cautiously pokes its head out and waits , wary of predators such as goshawks . Then it emerges in full ...
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... sand appear like tiny star bursts in a night sky ( left ) - the work of crabs digging holes and pushing clean sand to the surface . At Abu Ali , deserted shells of mollusks killed by the spill shelter small fish , and on the shore wisps ...
... sand appear like tiny star bursts in a night sky ( left ) - the work of crabs digging holes and pushing clean sand to the surface . At Abu Ali , deserted shells of mollusks killed by the spill shelter small fish , and on the shore wisps ...
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