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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sarah Marshall

Want to experience the world’s oldest desert? This how to do it

Exploring the Namibian desert by air is the best way to do it - (PA)

Dry waves crest and fall in an ever-shifting landscape, ebbing and flowing without water for the past 80 million years.

Several trillion grains of sand extend for more than 2,000km along the coast of Namibia and into Angola, minuscule flecks forming an arid landmass larger than Scotland.

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