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Gemsbok
Photo: Gemsbok running through a desert landscape
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A gemsbok gallops through the loose sand of Namibia's Namib Desert. Considered one of the world's oldest deserts, the Namib contains sand dunes that reach some 1,000 feet (305 meters) in height.
Photograph by Bobby Haas

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