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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

Scientists finally crack mystery behind Namibia’s strange fairy circles

Dr Stephan Getzin

Strange ‘fairy circles‘ in the grasslands of Namibia have puzzled scientists for nearly five decades, but a new study has shed more light on the baffling phenomenon.

Millions of circular patches, each a few metres wide, are found in the coastal desert region of Namib, around 80 to 140km from the Atlantic shoreline.

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