Aerial View Gallery

Fish River Canyon from the air

Fish River Canyon from the air. The ravine is altogether about 160 km long, up to 27 km wide and sometimes nearly 550 m deep. A hiking trail of 88 km along the river generally takes five days to complete. Ai-Ais/Richtersfeld Transfrontier Park, Namibia

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Murray Islands

Murray Islands: Waier in foreground, Murray (Mer, home of the late Eddie Mabo) beyond. The Murray Islands, very recent volcanic vents (less than a million years old), were inundated by the rising sea that ushered in the current interglacial episode 8000 to 10 000 years ago. The eastern side of the Waier volcano eventually collapsed allowing the sea to flood into the crater. The inhabitants were once infamous for headhunting. Torres Strait, between Australia and New Guinea

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Eyre Creek

Eyre Creek, draining water from the northern end of the Great Dividing Range into Lake Machattie, an ancient sump once lying at the base of an inland sea. Its course is rigidly controlled by prevailing winds as it is tightly constrained between long parallel dunes of the north-eastern Simpson Desert. From the air many overflow channels can be seen, hence the term Channel Country. Simpson Desert, Queensland, Australia

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