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Namib Desert Dunes

The Namib Desert is one of Earth's oldest deserts, and its dunes—which stretch to Africa's Atlantic coast—can tower nearly 1,000 feet (300 meters) high. The region is so dry that it receives more moisture from ocean fog than from its meager allotment of annual rainfall.

Photograph courtesy NASA