Travel the Desert on foot by internet


	Travel the Desert on foot by internet

ruralart

4-27-2008 2:48 PM

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This is pretty cool... great info and pictures.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8440ffe6-fbe7-4186-bc72-adf27bedaa7c/DAE50865-8BEA-4188-9121-408D33107298/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/africa/features/" href="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/africa/features/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nature.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/africa/features/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nature.org/img/259566F5-B7BF-40B5-9331-1270C63CE0A2" alt="Sanjayan explores the sand dunes of Namibia" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/africa/features/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nature.org/img/F57B403D-762F-470A-B9D0-60B955B28B8B" alt="Everyday Environmentalist" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/africa/features/"><P class="text2">Our scientist is <B>traveling across <A href="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/africa/features/art24484.html">300 kilometers of desert</A> on foot </B>— and you can follow along right here!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/africa/features/"><P class="text2"><A href="http://www.nature.org/tncscience/features/"><B>Sanjayan</B></A>, lead scientist for The Nature Conservancy, is <B>trekking across Africa's Namib Desert</B> — the world's oldest and possibly driest desert — <A href="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/africa/features/art24484.html">to map and assess a proposed national park in the Namib</A> that would <B>protect priority habitat for lions, elephants, rhinos, cheetah and oryx</B>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/africa/features/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nature.org/img/C3A65540-D7DD-423C-87FF-AB706D94D59E" alt="Namibia" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/africa/features/"><P class="text2">The Conservancy's partners — <A href="http://www.rhino-trust.org.na/" target="_blank">Save the Rhino Trust</A> and <A href="http://www.roundriver.org/conservation_main.html" target="_blank">Round River Conservation Studies</A> — are working hard to establish this communally managed area. 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