"in namibia, there is a desert where the sands sing and ships go to die. called “the land god made in anger” by the namibian bushmen, the skeleton coast is one of the most arid places on earth, seeing less than half an inch of rain a year. the region is named for the whalebones that littered the shore in the whaling era, but still applies to the thousand-plus shipwrecks that litter the shore, foundered in fog and heavy surf. still, its looming ochre dunes are among the most picturesque in the world, trod only by oryx, desert elephants and a few hardy travelers."
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