The grassy Namibian desert is pock-marked with millions of circular patches of bare earth just like these shown in the picture between linear dunes. Viewed from a balloon, they make the ground look like a moonscape. Commonly known as fairy circles, the patches range from two to 12 metres across and appear in a 2000 kilometre strip that stretches from Angola to South Africa. For many decades, the f ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Namibia’s mysterious fairy circles
The mysterious fairy circles. Credit: Hezi Yizhaq (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)