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    Diamond miners working in the Namib Desert also used ships to bring supplies in as this was often easier that using wagons. Lifeboats were then used to cart equipment from the ships to the shore by: andrewstone Views[456] Getting to many of the abadoned diamond mining villages means tackling some of the highest dunes in the world. It's not for the fainthearted. by: andrewstone Views[263] The cost of cleaning up the desert is too high so the buildings have been left to slowly rot away by: andrewstone Views[245] To get equipment and supplies into the Namib desert, diamond miners used wagons. Villages, now abandoned, sprung up all over the desert and today still look much the same as they did over 60 years ago. by: andrewstone Views[602] The Namib desert is littered with the touch of man. The area was mined for diamonds but the settlements have long since been abandoned after the diamonds dried up. by: andrewstone Views[268]
     

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    Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    I'll be 41 years old this year. There's a few more grey hairs in my beard, the number of wrinkles around my eyes has increased significantly and my eyesight is not what it used to be. But the one thing that hasn't changed since I picked up a Yashica SLR ... Read more >
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