Closest to a religious experience I could have had. Thanks!
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Live Stream from the Namib Desert
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#42Just following the chat for a few minutes, people posted links to a couple of other locations:
Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeMUdOPFcXI (at the time of posting, a herd of elephants are enjoying the water)
Kalahari Desert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME0dPuBtzug
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#43Does anyone know what type of camera the stream uses? Or recommendations of an outdoor camera/microphone that could accomplish the same thing? I'd love to do this sort of thing in our rural backyard
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#44The Namib is also home to this rather strange but extremely adapted plant: Welwitschia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwitschia
People tend to think that deserts are lifeless wastes to be readily exploited because who cares, right? If you've ever actually lived in or explored a desert, you quickly learn that they are full of life. More than most urban landscapes.
The Mojave Desert has some of the most beautiful life (plants and animals both) that I've ever seen. I think the lack of a green canopy just misleads people - it looks like a sea of yellow-brown in a satellite image, and even in person, you have to look closely to see the life. But that just makes it more special IMO.
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#45bookofjoe is one of my fav hn community members, didn't realize he had a blog - unsurprised to find it's fantastic. Thanks for being great, Joe! :)
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#46how often does it rain there? I seem to have joined the feed just as a shower started
The rainy season is during the summer (Northern Hemisphere's winter). Outside of those months it doesn't rain very often! I've spent two winters (June-August) in Namibia and can't recall much, if any rain. But now that we're approaching summer there, I imagine there's a little more rain. The Namib desert (which is a small percentage of Namibia, to be clear) is one of, if not the, driest deserts in the world.
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#47Oh this is really soothing - and my cat is really intrigued by all the bird and other noises!
Edit/warning - Wow the thunder is loud!
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#48I've been feeling so pessimistic about software and the Internet lately and this is an excellent reminder of how magical and enriching it can be.
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#49Nice to see this. I live in Swakopmund, not too far from the Namib Desert.
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#50Reminds me of Africam. Back in the day my kids were very young and we would check it out every morning to see if we could see animals live at the watering holes, probably back around 2005-2008 or so?