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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 Views[459] 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. Views[267] The cost of cleaning up the desert is too high so the buildings have been left to slowly rot away Views[249] 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. Views[606] 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. Views[273]
     

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