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NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - The "green" desert during the rainy season. The so-called 'Fairy Circles' are circular patches without any
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - The "green" desert during the rainy season. The so-called 'Fairy Circles' are circular patches without any vegetation which according to recent scientific studies are caused by the Harvester Termite (Hodotermes mossambicus). Photographed from a small aircraft at the edge of the Namib Desert. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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African white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) in flight, Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namib
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
African white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) in flight, Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namib
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African white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) in flight, Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namib
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
African white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) in flight, Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namib
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Spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) on a branch, Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) on a branch, Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namibia
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Spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) on a branch, Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) on a branch, Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namibia
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Dark chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates) juvenile in flight, Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Dark chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates) juvenile in flight, Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namibia
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Burchell's plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli), Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Burchell's plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli), Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namibia
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Burchell's plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli), Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Burchell's plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli), Namib Rand Family Hideout, Namib Desert Reserve, Namibia
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Tree with social nest of Social weaver (Philetairus socius), Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Tree with social nest of Social weaver (Philetairus socius), Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
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Social-weaver (Philetairus socius) with a feather in its beak, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Social-weaver (Philetairus socius) with a feather in its beak, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
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Républicain social (Philetairus socius) au sol, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibie
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Républicain social (Philetairus socius) au sol, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibie
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Social-weaver (Philetairus socius) on ground, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Social-weaver (Philetairus socius) on ground, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
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Social-weaver (Philetairus socius) on ground, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Social-weaver (Philetairus socius) on ground, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
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Social-weaver (Philetairus socius) on ground, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Social-weaver (Philetairus socius) on ground, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
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Social-weaver (Philetairus socius) on ground, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Social-weaver (Philetairus socius) on ground, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
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Red-headed finch (Amandina erythrocephala) on rock, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Red-headed finch (Amandina erythrocephala) on rock, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
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Red-headed finch (Amandina erythrocephala) on rock, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Red-headed finch (Amandina erythrocephala) on rock, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
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Ostrich (Struthio camelus) pair, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Ostrich (Struthio camelus) pair, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
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African Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans) on rock, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
African Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans) on rock, Namib Rand Familie Hideout, Namibia
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Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) in the Namib-Rand Nature Park, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) in the Namib-Rand Nature Park, Namibia
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The hot-air balloon above an arid plain and isolated mountain ridges at the edge of the Namib Desert. Aerial view from a second balloon.
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
The hot-air balloon above an arid plain and isolated mountain ridges at the edge of the Namib Desert. Aerial view from a second balloon. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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The passengers have boarded the basket and the hot-air balloon is almost ready for take-off. At dawn. Aerial view from a second balloon. Namib
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
The passengers have boarded the basket and the hot-air balloon is almost ready for take-off. At dawn. Aerial view from a second balloon. Namib Desert, Kulala Wilderness Reserve, Namibia.
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
A vehicle of the balloon ground crew tries to follow the flight direction of the hot-air balloon, crossing a sandy plain at the edge of the Namib Desert. The so-called 'Fairy Circles' are circular patches without any vegetation which according to recent scientific studies are caused by termites. Photographed from a hot-air balloon. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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A vehicle of the balloon ground crew tries to follow the flight direction of the hot-air balloon, crossing a sandy plain at the edge of the
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
A vehicle of the balloon ground crew tries to follow the flight direction of the hot-air balloon, crossing a sandy plain at the edge of the Namib Desert. The so-called 'Fairy Circles' are circular patches without any vegetation which according to recent scientific studies are caused by termites. Photographed from a hot-air balloon. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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A vehicle of the balloon ground crew tries to follow the flight direction of the hot-air balloon, crossing a sandy plain at the edge of the Namib
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
A vehicle of the balloon ground crew tries to follow the flight direction of the hot-air balloon, crossing a sandy plain at the edge of the Namib Desert. The so-called 'Fairy Circles' are circular patches without any vegetation which according to recent scientific studies are caused by termites. Photographed from a hot-air balloon. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) - At a grass-grown dune at the edge of the Namib Desert. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) - At a grass-grown dune at the edge of the Namib Desert. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) - At a grass-grown dune at the edge of the Namib Desert. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) - At a grass-grown dune at the edge of the Namib Desert. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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Acacia in the NamibRand Nature Reserve - Namibia ; The NamibRand Nature Reserve is a private nature reserve in Southwestern Namibia on the Namib
© Martin Harvey / Biosphoto
© Martin Harvey / Biosphoto
Acacia in the NamibRand Nature Reserve - Namibia ; The NamibRand Nature Reserve is a private nature reserve in Southwestern Namibia on the Namib Desert. Founded in 1992 consisting 172,200 hectares (1,722 km²), making it probably the biggest nature reserve in Southern Africa and shares a 100 km border with Namib-Naukluft National Park to the west and the Nubib mountains to the east.
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NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - The chalets of the exclusive Wolwedans dunes lodge in a beautiful setting in the private NamibRand Nature
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - The chalets of the exclusive Wolwedans dunes lodge in a beautiful setting in the private NamibRand Nature Reserve at the edge of the Namib Desert. In March during the rainy season with green Bushman grass (Stipagrostis sp.)
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NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view of arid mountain
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view of arid mountain ridges and dry riverbeds at the edge of the Namib Desert. The so-called 'Fairy Circles' are circular patches without any vegetation which according to recent scientific studies are caused by the Harvester Termite (Hodotermes mossambicus). NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view from a hot-air balloon at the edge of the Namib Desert. The so-called 'Fairy Circles' are circular
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view from a hot-air balloon at the edge of the Namib Desert. The so-called 'Fairy Circles' are circular patches without any vegetation which according to recent scientific studies are caused by the Harvester Termite (Hodotermes mossambicus). NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view of the so-called 'Fairy Circles', which are circular patches without any vegetation which
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view of the so-called 'Fairy Circles', which are circular patches without any vegetation which according to recent scientific studies are caused by the Harvester Termite (Hodotermes mossambicus). At the edge of the Namib Desert. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view of the so-called 'Fairy Circles', which are circular patches without any vegetation which
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view of the so-called 'Fairy Circles', which are circular patches without any vegetation which according to recent scientific studies are caused by the Harvester Termite (Hodotermes mossambicus). At the edge of the Namib Desert. In March during the rainy season with some green grass. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view of grass-grown desert plain and isolated mountain ridges at the edge of the Namib Desert. In
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view of grass-grown desert plain and isolated mountain ridges at the edge of the Namib Desert. In March during the rainy season with a delicate carpet of green desert grass. The so-called 'Fairy Circles' are circular patches without any vegetation which according to recent scientific studies are caused by the Harvester Termite (Hodotermes mossambicus). NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Camel thorn acacia - NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view of grass-grown sand dunes and Camelthorn Trees (Acacia erioloba) in March during the rainy season at the edge of the Namib Desert. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.
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Camel thorn acacia - NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view of grass-grown sand dunes and Camelthorn Trees (Acacia erioloba) in
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Camel thorn acacia - NamibRand Nature Reserve ; Namibia - Aerial view of grass-grown sand dunes and Camelthorn Trees (Acacia erioloba) in March during the rainy season at the edge of the Namib Desert. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia.