View from the floor of Seriem Canyon, mid morning. Sesriem Canyon is located approximately from the entrance gate of the Namib-Naukluft National Park. The Tsauchab River has shaped the Canyon over millions of years and it is one of the few places in the area that holds water all year round. The early Afrikaans explorers in the region named the canyon after the fact that they had to use six (“ses”) leather straps (“riem”) tied together to create a rope long enough to lower buckets into the

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Size: 5616px × 3744px 198.1cm × 132.1cm - 72dpi
Location: Sesriem, Namibia
Photo credit: © John Hogg / AfriPics
License: Licensed
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