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Launch of the National Heritage Council Website

Young girl in traditional outfits performing at the launch of the NHC website at the Nice Restaurant in Windhoek

Spitzkoppe is one of three mountains rising out of the dry gravel plains as we head north from Swakopmund

Old Location cemetery

Brandberg Mountain ecology - Ecological variety of rare and remarkable plant species that live in isolation at high altitudes; large variety of animal life due to the numerous water sources, rare birds and insects

The baboon head at the Brandberg mountains just before reaching the famous White Lady Rock painting

The Welwitschia is a unique plant that grows in the Namib desert. The plant pictured here is about 1000 years old (their lifepsan is between 400-1500 years)

The Brandberg mountains - Interesting geomorphology. Ecological variety of rare and remarkable plant species that live in isolation at high altitudes; large variety of animal life due to the numerous water sources, rare birds and insects

SINKHOLE
Circular sinkhole with a diameter of 100m with vertical cliffs of dolomite. Depth 55 m. The water level depends on the rain. Inhabited by a mouthbreeding dwarf bream and a nest-bruilding bream, that has been set out in 1920s

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