Pictured here is the arid Namib Desert on a not-so-arid day. The desert is known for its extremely dry conditions and abundance of sunshine, but this photo, taken by Christoph Schmidt, chair of geomorphology at the University of Bayreuth in Germany, gives us a rare glimpse of a rainy day. The Namib Desert spans about 81,000 square kilometres in southwest Africa, stretching throughout the entire co ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Rain on the Namib Desert
Rain in the Namib Desert. Credit: Christoph Schmidt (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).