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The Moon Landscape - Houston, we've got a problem!

The road from Swakopmund to the Namib took us through what is known as the Moon Landscape.  And, like the moon, this landscape is full of rocks.  One hit our truck causing serious damage, but Jonathan and Shorty managed to get us going.

Except for the occasional truck driving by, we really thought were were on a different planet.

Our forced stop gave us tourists a wonderful opportunity to enjoy this magical place.  

Amazingly enough, even this rocky and arid terrain shelters a wide variety of plants and animals, like this 'Odontopus Sexpunctatus' (I call it the sexy bug), which feeds on  Welwitschia plants. 

Welwitschia Mirabilis

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Created in  December, 1999, and updated in May, 2001