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Exhibits: 453
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 | ![[has location information]](http://85.158.46.82/_static/icon/E.gif){kind=icon} Namibia Keetmanshoop Quiver Tree Forest aka Kokerboom succulents SMO.jpg (Earth Views)See Keetmanskoop and The Quiver Tree Forest:
The quiver tree or `Kokerboom' is indigenous to the hot and dry
southern part of Namibia. The plants are succulents and can reach a
height of up to 9 metres. They have adapted to the extreme
environmental conditions by storing water in their trunks. The tree
blossoms for the first time after 20 to 30 years and can reach 300
years of age. The wood is very light and spongy inside. As the trunk
and branches can be easily hollowed out, they were used as quivers by
the bushmen (San people) who formerly roamed this area.
Travel tips and visitor information [can be found] on the Keetmanshoop Info page.
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 | Namibia Kolmanskop ghost town near Luederitz SMO.jpg (Earth Views) |
 | Namibia Namib Desert Naukluft Park Hidden Vlei SMO.jpg (Earth Views) Vlei may simply mean dunes and indeed Sossusvlei == Hidden Vlei == hidden dunes. |
 | Namibia Namib Desert Naukluft Park Hidden Vlei tweaked mono SMO.jpg (Earth Views) |
 | Namibia Namib Desert Naukluft Park Hidden Vlei tweaked posterised SMO.jpg (Earth Views) |
 | Namibia Namib Desert Naukluft Park Sossusvlei sand dunes SMO.jpg (Earth Views) A large clay pan enclosed by huge sand dunes, some reaching 300m high, and are some of the highest in the world. Only after a (rare) heavy rainfall does the vlei fill with water, leaving a turquoise lake for some time as the clay is almost impervious to water. |
 | Namibia Namib Desert Naukluft Park Sossusvlei sand dunes tweaked posterised SMO.jpg (Earth Views) |
 | on the road to Simons Town Western Cape South Africa via white sands of coast road to Muizenberg then Fish Hoek 1 JR.jpg (Travel and Transport) |
 | on the road to Simons Town Western Cape South Africa via white sands of coast road to Muizenberg then Fish Hoek 2 JR.jpg (Travel and Transport) |
 | on the road to Simons Town Western Cape South Africa via white sands of coast road to Muizenberg then Fish Hoek 3 JR.jpg (Travel and Transport) " |
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