Eduard Bohlen: The Ship That Ran Aground and Ended Up in the Namib Desert
A German steamer that ran aground in the fog in 1909 now sits in the sand of Namibia's desert coast, hundreds of metres from the sea it once sailed.
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Kolmanskop: The Diamond Boomtown the Namib Desert Is Taking Back
A railway worker picked up a stone in the sand in 1908, and within a few years a German-style town of ballrooms, ice and champagne stood in the Namib. The diamonds moved south, the people followed, and the dunes now fill the houses.