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Desert Week 2011

Monday, 20th June 2011 by

As is customary, the “much-more-interesting-than-it-sounds” desert week is one week late again this year! However, our writers have been touring (in some cases literally) the deserts of the world, to bring you the most fascinating sights to be found in places that are defined by their lack of any significant volume of precipitation! (Er… basically, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts this week.) Until then, why not enjoy the posts…

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The Skeleton Coast

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Namibia’s Skeleton Coast is named so for two different types of skeletons that littered the beaches: whales and ships. Thanks…

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This is the first in an occasional series where we’ll be looking at some of the world’s most interesting abandoned…

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The Namib Desert (Desert Week)

Welcome to the first annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a…

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There have been many creatures found on Google Earth, but the most impressive ones are mostly there as part of…

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Everything “geo” is so trendy right now that you can’t turn around twice with someone geocoding this or placemarking that.…

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