Images Dated 19th January 2016

Sunrise offshore from the Mersey River mouth through smoke haze from the catastrophic fires beginning in January 2016

Sunrise offshore from the Mersey River mouth through smoke haze from the catastrophic fires beginning in January 2016 around Lake Mackenzie in the Central Plateau some 80 km away. Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

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Camel thorns (Vachellia erioloba)

Camel thorns (Vachellia erioloba), skeletons of trees in the Dead Veli, a claypan between the Sossusvlei Dunes, with a vast dune rising beyond. The trees are thought to have died 600 to 700 years ago. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

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Camel thorn (Vachellia erioloba)

Camel thorn (Vachellia erioloba), also called Giraffe thorn as giraffes have mouths that can cope with the ferocious spines up to 60 mm long. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

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