Few plants can survive in this barren Northern Cape landscape—unless they happen to have a direct line to the Orange River.
Published Mar 2, 2014
Acquired April 2, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Swakop River draining into the Atlantic Ocean just south of Swakopmund.
Published Apr 12, 2011
Acquired April 2, 2011, and February 27, 2011, these natural-color images show rising waters on the Kuiseb River, which flowed all the way to the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in decades.
Published Apr 12, 2011
Acquired February 13, 2011, and February 19, 2010, these false-color images show part of South Africa before and after unusually heavy rains in the 2011 rainy season.
Published Feb 14, 2011
Acquired February 17, 2010, this true-color image shows emerald-green irrigated fields along the Orange River, which separates Namibia from the Republic of South Africa.
Published Mar 7, 2010
An array of sandy colors paint the landscape around the capital and port city.
Published Jun 21, 2020
White sand dunes spill across the Snake River Plain in a wide arc in this detailed, photo-like image acquired by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s EO-1 satellite on September 25, 2010.
Published Sep 29, 2010
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