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Camel Thorn Trees, NamibiaTinted orange by the morning sun, a soaring dune is the backdrop for the hulks of camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park. See more pictures from the June 2011 feature story "Africa's Super Park."
Photograph by Frans Lanting, National Geographic

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