National Geographic on Africa

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Winds that sweep across Niger’s Ténéré desert can create sand dunes that often reach a thousand feet (305 meters) high.
Photograph by George Steinmetz

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An African elephant weathers a downpour in Kenya’s Aberdare National Park.
Photograph by Bruce Dale

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A male lion prowls along a windswept riverbed in the vast, connected refuge of South Africa’s Kalahari Gemsbok National Park and Botswana’s Gemsbok National Park.
Photograph by Chris Johns

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Carrying bows and arrows, Bushmen walk across a salt pan in Nyae Nyae Conservancy in Namibia.
Photograph by Chris Johns

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