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Camel Thorn Trees, NamibiaTinted orange by the morning sun, a soaring dune is the backdrop for the hulks of camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park. See more pictures from the June 2011 feature story "Africa's Super Park."
Photograph by Frans Lanting, National Geographic

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View the most popular Photo of the Day images from 2011, featuring Namibian thorn trees, a whitetip shark and diver in the Bahamas, a birch-covered boulder in the Adirondacks, Dubai skyscrapers emerging above the clouds, and more.

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