NAMIBIA PHOTO LIBRARY: SOUTHERN PARTS: KARAS AND HARDAP REGIONS

FROM THE FISH RIVER CANYON TO THE ORANJE RIVER

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View into the Fish River Canyon, Second deepest Canyon in the World: Karas Region: 1974
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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View from the Air into the Fish River Canyon: View to the East: 1990
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Images from  the Fish River Canyon: Karas Region: September 2002
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Images from  the Fish River Canyon: Karas Region: October 2004
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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View from  the Fish River Canyon to the East: September 2002
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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View from  the Fish River Canyon to the East: October 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Main Road 97: 15 km east of Ai Ais: View to the West: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Ai Ais: Camp of Namibia Wildlife Resorts: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Fish River Canyon upstream of Ai Ais: View to the North: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Fish River Canyon upstream of Ai Ais: View to the South: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Oranje River near Aussenkjer: View to the Southwest: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Alexander Dierks

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Oranje River near Aussenkjer: View to the West: With my Grandchildren: Mariella and Björn Dierks: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Alexander Dierks

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FROM THE LITTLE KARAS MOUNTAINS TO BETHANY, BERSEBA AND KEETMANSHOOP

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View from the Holoog Station to Little Karas Mountains: Karas Region 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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War Cemetery at Holoog Station: Railway Line: Grünau-Seeheim  
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Railway Bridge over Holoog River: Railway Line: Grünau-Seeheim 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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TransNamib Train at Seeheim Station: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Fish River Railway Bridge at Seeheim: Seeheim-Aus Railway Line
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Fish River at Seeheim: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Grünau: Railway Line: Grünau-Seeheim: View to the West
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Trunk Road 4/1: Seeheim to Goageb: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bethany: Captain Joseph Frederik's II House: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bethany: London Missionary Schmelen's House: 1814: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bethany: Spring: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bethany: First Rhenish Missionary Church: 26.06.1859: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bethany: Rhenish Missionary Cemetery: Matthäus Gorth: died on 05.01.1853: #Goais (Grootfontein South)
Copyright of Photo Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bethany: Rhenish Missionary Cemetery: Hermann Heinrich Kreft: died on 03.05.1875
Copyright of Photo Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bethany: Rhenish Missionary Cemetery: Johannes Heinrich Bam: died on 26.09.1891
Copyright of Photo Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bethany: Second Rhenish Church: 1880s: Karas Region
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Asab River: north of Keetmanshoop: Rainy Season March 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Keetmanshoop: Rhenish Church: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Quiver Tree Forest east of Keetmanshoop: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Brukkaros Vulcan (Nama: Kaitsi !Gubeb) near Berseba: Karas Region (Photo taken 1978)
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Brukkaros Vulcan near Berseba: View from the South: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Brukkaros Vulcan near Berseba: View from the South: Karas Region: January 2004
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Brukkaros-Vulcan near Berseba: View from the Crater Edge into the Interior of the Vulcan: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Brukkaros-Vulcan near Berseba: View from the Crater Edge into the Interior of the Vulcan: Karas Region: January 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks and Alexander Dierks (right photograph)

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Brukkaros-Vulcan near Berseba: View from the Crater Edge to the South (in Direction Berseba): Karas Region: January 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Main Road 98: Tses-Berseba: with Brukkaros Vulcan in the Background: Fish River Bridge is under Construction: 1978
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Main Road 98: Tses-Berseba: with Brukkaros Vulcan in the Background: Fish River Bridge: September 2002
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Main Road 98: Tses-Berseba: with Brukkaros Vulcan in the Background: Fish River Bridge: January 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Berseba: founded by Rhenish Missionary Samuel Hahn: 17.10.1850: the Church is built by Missionary Friedrich Wilhelm Weber: 1857
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Cemetery at Berseba: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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District Road 609 between Berseba and Keetmanshoop, near Gellap Ost: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The "Mukorob" (Finger of God), shortly before it collapsed on December, 4th 1988: Just on the Brink of Namibian Independence: An old Nama Fairy Tale told that the Rule of the "White Man"  will come to an End if this Rock falls
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Trunk Road 1/2 between Keetmanshoop and Grünau near Narubis: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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FROM SPES BONA AND THE TIRAS PLAINS TO LÜDERITZ VIA AUS

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Aerial Views between Spes Bona and the Tiras Mountains: Karas Region: January 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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District Road 407 between Betta and Spes Bona: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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District Road 707 between Spes Bona and Tiras: along the Namib Desert with the previous Restricted Diamond Area: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Main Road 35: Helmeringhausen-Tiras: Karas Region: October 2004
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Trunk Road 4/2: Goageb - Aus: built 1992/93: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aerial View of Aus: View to the South: Karas Region: January 2003 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus between Keetmanshoop and Lüderitz: Karas Region: 1973
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The British Prisoner of War Camp (1915-1919) at Aus
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Cemetery at Aus: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Savannah west of Aus: Just inside the "Diamond Sperrgebiet": Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 180 - km 183: West of Aus (Beginning of new Construction at Aus Station: km 179,423 from Keetmanshoop): Completed Layer Works to Sub Ballast Layer: Progress to Date: October 2004 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 181: West of Aus (Beginning of new Construction at Aus Station: km 179,423 from Keetmanshoop): Completed Layer Works to Sub Ballast Layer: Progress to Date: October 2004 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 182: West of Aus (Beginning of new Construction at Aus Station: km 179,423 from Keetmanshoop): Section "Salz Gossow": km 179+423 to km 220: Removal of old German "Krupp-Rails", nearly 100 Years old: View to the West: Direction Garub: Progress to Date: September 2002 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 184 + 000: Bridge No.1: West of Aus: Old German Steel Bridge has been removed and will be removed by Reinforced Concrete Culverts: Progress to Date: October 2004 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186 + 000: Bridge No.3: West of Aus: Old German Steel Bridge: Progress to Date: September 2002 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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West of Aus: Aus Vista: View to the South: The Desert is flowering after late Winter Rains: September 2002 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 190: West of Aus: The old German Steel Sleepers are stacked: View to the West: Progress to Date: September 2002 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 195: West of Aus: Station Ausweiche, where the steep Ascent to Aus Nek commences: September 2002 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 200: Border between Farming Area west of Aus and the "Diamond Sperrgebiet": September 2002 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186,40: Beginning of new Construction Section: November 2002: Salz-Gossow, Swakopmund: Six Kilometres Fill and B-Layer are under Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: December 2002 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186,40: Beginning of new Construction Section: Salz-Gossow, Swakopmund: Six Kilometres Fill and B-Layer are under Construction: View to the East: Direction Aus: December 2002 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 187: B-Layer is under Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: December 2002 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 188: B-Layer is under Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: December 2002 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 189+540: B-Layer is under Construction: View to the East: Direction Ausvista: December 2002 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 189+540: B-Layer is under Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: December 2002 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186+700: A-Layer is completed: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: January 2003 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 187+100: A-Layer is under Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: January 2003 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: Between km 186 and km 200: Sub-Ballast is completed: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: October 2004 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 189+000: Ostriches: View to the Northwest: Direction Garub Mountain: January 2003 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Feral Horses at Garub originating from German Military Horses: Beginning of 20th Century: 20 km west of Aus in the Namib Desert: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line (currently under Re-construction) which was built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west of Aus: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line which was built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west of Aus: completed Sub-Ballast Layer: View to the West in Direction Haalenberg: Karas Region: October 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line which was built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west of Aus: completed Sub-Ballast Layer: View to the South: Karas Region: October 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line which was built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west of Aus: completed Sub-Ballast Layer: View to the East in Direction Ausweiche: Karas Region: October 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The "Garub Water Railway Line" which provided the Water for the Construction of the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: with German Writer Jürgen Leskien: August 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The "Garub Water Railway Line":  Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Flowers in the Namib Desert after good Winter Rains: near Garub: August 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Fence of the Diamond Area No. 1: Namib Desert: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aerial View on Namib Desert: From the Khoichab Dunes to the Garub Mountain (Dikker Willem): View to the Southwest: Karas Region: January 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aerial View on Namib Desert: View to the Khoichab Dunes to the Northwest: Karas Region: January 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aerial View on Namib Desert: View from the Khoichab Dunes to the Tiras Mountains in the Northwest: Karas Region: January 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aerial View on Namib Desert: View to the Sinclair Area to the West: Karas Region: January 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aerial View on Namib Desert: View north of the Sinclair Area to the West: Karas Region: January 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aerial View on the Schwarzrand: West of Helmeringhausen: View to the East: Karas Region: January 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aerial View on the Schwarzrand: West of Helmeringhausen: With Brukkaros in the Distance: 200 km to the East: Karas Region: January 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: View to the South East: Direction Garub 2 Borehole: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: View to the West: Direction Garub-Mountain (Dikker Willem): Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Feral Horses: With Garub-Mountain (Dikker Willem) in the South: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Feral Horses: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Feral Horses: View to the South: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: View to the Southwest: Direction Garub-Mountain (Dikker Willem): Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Eureka Pass: View to the North into the Khoichab Dunes and Tiras Mountains: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Eureka: Euphorbia "Bushman Candle": Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Eureka: Chameleon: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: "Road to Eternity": View to the Southeast: Leeukop Mountains: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Images from the Khoichab Dunes: November 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Euphorbia Namibiensis "Elephant Foot": Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Images from the Khoichab Forest at the Beginning of the Khoichab Pan: Many Century Old Camelthorn Trees are dying due to the Extraction of Water of the Town of Lüderitz: November 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: !Nara Fruits: Staple Food for San and Nama People in the Desert: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of Khoichab Pan: Ascent to the Caves with San Rockpaintings: November 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of Khoichab Pan: View from Cave 1 to the North with Khoichab Dunes in the Background: November 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of Khoichab Pan: Cave 1 with recently discovered San Rockpaintings: Estimated C2 Period: 1200 BC to AD:  November 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of Khoichab Pan: Waterhole near Cave 1: November 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of Khoichab Pan: Ascent from Cave 1 to Cave 2: November 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of Khoichab Pan: Cave 2 with recently discovered San Rockpaintings: Estimated C2 Period: 1200 BC to AD:  November 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of Khoichab Pan: Cave 2 with recently discovered San Rock Engraving: Estimated C2 Period: 1200 BC to AD:  November 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of Khoichab Pan: Ascent to Cave 3 from the Base: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of Khoichab Pan: Ascent to Cave 3: Building Remains in the Form of Stone Circles at the Kirchberg Settlement Site built by Pastoral Nomads in the Namib: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of Khoichab Pan: Ascent to Cave 3: Possible Good Look Cairn" (Nama: Heitsi-Eibib or Haitse-aibeb) established by Pastoral Nomads in the Namib: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of Khoichab Pan: Cave 3 with recently discovered San Rockpaintings: Estimated C2 Period: 1200 BC to AD:  November 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Namib Desert Images between Haalenberg and Kolmanskop: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: Near Kolmanskop: km 300 (from Keetmanshoop: 20 km from Lüderitz): The "End of Road" has not been reaches as yet:  From 2003 onwards the Line will be rebuilt
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: Station Grasplatz: km 296 (24 km from Lüderitz)
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 290 (approx. 30 km from Lüderitz)
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: approx. km 290 (approx. 30 km from Lüderitz): The 12 km Section from approx. km 290 to approx. km 300 is crossing a heavy Sand Dune Section: New innovative Engineering Solutions have to be found for the Rebuilding of this Railway Section (Phase 2: Haalenberg-Lüderitz): One Solution is the Stabilisation of the Sand Dunes (See Photo: Test Stabilisation): Others are Tunnelling, the Lifting of the Gradeline with appropriate Crossections or alternative Alignments  
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 252: Starting Point of Phase 1 of the Re-Construction of the Railway Line: Section of Roads Contractor Company (RCC): km 252+000 to km 220+000: Aus-Haalenberg: View to the West: Direction Haalenberg 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 252: Construction of Railbed: New Rails on right Side: View to the East: Direction Station Tsaukaib (Tsau||kaib: Nama: Heavy Soft Sand) 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 252: Construction of B Layer (A Layer and Sub-Ballast to follow): View to the West: Direction Haalenberg: Progress to Date: August 2002 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: Construction of A Layer (Sub-Ballast to follow): Station Tsaukhaib: View to the East: Direction Garub: Progress to Date: November 2002 (10 km between km 242 to 252 to A-Level are completed/under Construction) 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: Construction of A Layer (Sub-Ballast to follow): Station Tsaukhaib: View to the West: Direction Haalenberg: Progress to Date: November 2002 (10 km between km 242 to 252 to A-Level are completed/under Construction) 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 240+000: Construction of Fill: View to the East: Direction Garub: Progress to Date: January 2003 (Roadbed and Fill 14,20 km between km 237+800 to 252; B-Layer 10,20 km between Km 252 to 241+800; A-Layer 9,20 km between Km 252 to 242+800 and Subballast 3,20 km between km 252 and 248+800) 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: A Layer completed: View to the East: Direction Garub: Progress to Date: January 2003: 9,20 km
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: Construction of Pre-Fabricated Box-Culvert: Progress of Culverts to Date: January 2003: 5 km
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The southern Port City of Lüderitz, 1971: View from South to North: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The southern Port City of Lüderitz, 2004: View from the Southeast: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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In Lüderitz still lives Namibia's German Colonial Past: 1971
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Lüderitz at an early Spring Morning: August 2002
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The "Felsenkirche" (Rock Church) at Lüderitz with a View to the North
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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View from the "Felsenkirche" to the North (with Goerke House at the Forefront)
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Stained-Glass Windows in the "Felsenkirche" at Lüderitz
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The 1909 built "Goerke House" at Lüderitz
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The new Waterfront at Lüderitz which was opened in 2002
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Shark Island at Lüderitz with a View to the South-East: Shark Island is known for its infamous Concentration Camp during the German Colonial Era: 1905-1907
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Shark Island at Lüderitz with a View to the North
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Memorial Plaque of Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz at Shark Island: Only the Memories of the German Colonial Past are evident: There is no Memorial for the more than One Thousand Namibians - Men, Women and Children - who perished at the Hands of the German Authority at the Shark Island Concentration Camp: 1905-1907
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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RESTRICTED DIAMOND AREA (SPERRGEBIET)

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Copyright of Photo: Namibia Roads Authority

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"Kleiner Bogenfels" between Grosse Bucht and Diaz Point southwest of Lüderitz: 2004: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Grosse Bucht southwest of Lüderitz: 2004: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Diamond Ghost Town of Kolmanskop east of Lüderitz: 1971: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Image from the deserted Town of Kolmanskop
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Kolmanskop: August 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Sperrgebiet Coast Line between Lüderitz and Oranjemund is one of the desolatest Coast Areas in the  World: August 1990
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Remains of the Old Diamond Processing Plant at Elizabeth Bay: January 2000
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Diamond Mine at Prinzenbucht in the Sperrgebiet: January 2000
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Diamond Mine at Pomona from the Air: August 1990
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Diamond Mine at Pomona: January 2000
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Bogenfels southwest of the Diamond Mine at Pomona from the Air: August 1990
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Bogenfels: January 2000
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Atlantic Off-Shore Island Plumpudding in the Sperrgebiet from the Air: August 1990
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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FROM ||KHAUXA!NAS TO WARMBAD AND THE KALAHARI

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Copyright of Photo: Namibia Roads Authority

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The Great Karas Mountains from the West: Kuchanas: January 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Access Road to ||Khauxa!nas: Main Road 26: Through the Great Karas Mountains: January 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Great Karas Mountains from the East: February 1987
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Great Karas Mountains from Aob (Gaitsanes): April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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German War Memorial: Reflecting the Battle of Aob between Jakob Marengo and Captain Kirchner: 10.03.1905
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Landscape east of ||Khauxa!nas: With View to the Great Karas Mountains in the West: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Landscape east of ||Khauxa!nas: With View to the Gurus River in the South: District Road 612: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas is the oldest so far known Pre-Colonial Settlement in an Engineering Sense: East of the Great Karas Mountains: View from the Top of the Ruins to the East: February 1987
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Ruins to the East: October 1988
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Ruins to the East: With Protection Wall in the Background: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Ruins to the East: With Protection Wall in the Background: January 2004
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: Karen (née von Bremen) and Klaus Dierks (left Photograph with Jakob Marengo's House): January 2004
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks and Alexander Dierks (left two phographs)

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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Ruins to the West: With the Great Karas Mountains in the Background: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: Top of the Ruins: Details of Structural Elements: April 2003 and January 2004 (Top Row)
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Mountain: Onto the Back River: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Mountain: Onto the Back River: January 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Possible House of Klaas Afrikaner on the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Possible House of Klaas Afrikaner on the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain: January 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Protective Wall around the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain Plateau: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Protective Wall around the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain Plateau: January 2004
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Rectangular Building in ||Khauxa!nas: "Marengo's House": April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Rectangular Building in ||Khauxa!nas: "Marengo's House": January 2004
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Tombstones (Heitsi Eibeb) on the Eastern Side of the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain Fortress: 1987
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Tombstones (Heitsi Eibeb) on the Eastern Side of the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain Fortress: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bak River at ||Khauxa!nas east of the Great Karas Mountains: February 1987
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Precolonial Pathway to the Top of the ||Khauxa!nas Ruins: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bak River at ||Khauxa!nas east of the Great Karas Mountains: View from the Pathway to the Top of the ||Khauxa!nas Ruins: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bak River at ||Khauxa!nas: View from the Pathway to the Top of the ||Khauxa!nas Ruins: During the Rainy Season 2003/2004: January 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Grave of the German Unit "Nikolai von Stempel": at Gugunas South (||Khauxa!nas): 30.08.1904: The Skirmish with Jakob Marengo initiated the Nama War in the South
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Warmfontein: Gurus River: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Rockpainting near ||Khauxa!nas: Warmfontein: Gurus River: March1996
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Rockpainting near ||Khauxa!nas: Warmfontein: Gurus River: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Robber Henrick's Place (Narudas) or Klip Fontein south-west of ||Khauxa!nas, possibly Marengo's camp during February/March 1905 (Photo taken 1988)
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Narudas Ruins: View to the Southwest into the Great Karas Mountains: March 2001 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Narudas Ruins: View to the North, to the Narudas Peak: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Access Climb to the Narudas Ruins from the North: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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View from the Narudas Ruins to the Northwest into the Narudas Gorge: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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View from the Narudas Ruins to the South to the highest Point of the Ruins: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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View from the Narudas Ruins to the East in direction of ||Khauxa!nas: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The highest Point of the Narudas Ruins: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The War Cemetery at Narudas: Depicting various Battles and Skirmishes between the Germans and Jakob Marengo during 1905
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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On a Search Trail for new Pre-colonial Ruins in the Great Karas Mountains: From Narudas via Witkrans, Garies to Sandmund: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Pre-colonial Ruins in the Great Karas Mountains: Farm Garies: Possible Watch Tower over a Waterhole in a Riverbed: In the Background: Garies Hill with numerous Ruins: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Pre-colonial Ruins in the Great Karas Mountains: Garies Possible Watch Tower over a Waterhole in a Riverbed: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Pre-colonial Ruins in the Great Karas Mountains: Sandmund: In   the Background: Narudas Poort: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Pre-colonial Ruins in the Great Karas Mountains: Sandmund: View to the South: Narudas Poort: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Recently discovered Precolonial Nama Ruins: Top of the Great Karas Mountains: Garies Hill: View to the South: Garies: Possible Secret Fortress built by Jakob Marengo: April 2003 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Precolonial Nama Ruins: Top of the Great Karas Mountains: Garies Hill: View to the Southeast: To the Narudas Poort: Garies: April 2003 
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Precolonial Nama Ruins: Top of the Great Karas Mountains: Garies Hill: View to the West: With Lord Hill (Schroffenstein: Highest Peak in the Great Karas Mountains) in the Background: Garies: April 2003 
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Warmbad at the Hom River
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The Hot Springs of Warmbad, 2001
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The old "Pastorie" of Warmbad which is built on the Foundations of the House which was established by the London Missionary Society Brothers Abraham and Christian Albrecht in 1805, October 1988
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The old "Pastorie" of Warmbad which is built on the Foundations of the House which was established by the London Missionary Society Brothers Abraham and Christian Albrecht in 1805, April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Delapidated Church of the Rhenish Missionary Society at Warmbad, inaugurated by Missionary Weber in 1877, Photo taken in October 1988
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Re-Built (1990) Church of the Rhenish Missionary Society at Warmbad, inaugurated by Missionary Weber in 1877, April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Grave of the Bondelswart (!Gami-#nun) Chief, Jan Abraham Christian (Tôasib: |Nanseb Kaib #Naoxamab), in Warmbad (Old Location) who fell against the Germans (Walter Jobst) on 25.10.1903 and initiated the German-Namibian War, 1903-1909
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Remains of the German Fort at Warmbad
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Cemetery in Warmbad with many German War Graves of the various Battles around Warmbad between 1903 and 1907
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Cemetery in Warmbad: With some Graves of the Bondelswart Chiefs of Warmbad
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Cemetery in Warmbad: With a Grave reflecting the History of the Kharaskhoma Syndicate of the South
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Garrison and Doctor's House in Warmbad
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!Gami-#nun Women at Warmbad, October 1988
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Gabis, West of Warmbad
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83 Years old Anna Veldskoen, a Nama Lady, living in Gabis in the Bondelswart Area, 2001
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Timotheus Morris (born 06.05.1952), Grandson of Abraham Morris who fell against the South Africans during the Bondelswart Uprising in 1922
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Kalahari Landscape northeast of Koës: District Road 511: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Kalahari Landscape northeast of Koës: District Road 616 into the Interior of the Kalahari: "Sandspoor Road" in deep Sand: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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German War Cemetery at Koës: Reflecting the Crushing of various Nama Uprisings during 1895 in the Kalahari Desert
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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German War Cemetery at Koës: Reflecting the many Battles and Skirmishes between Germans and Nama in the Kalahari Desert: Between 1904 and 1912
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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German War Cemetery at Koës: Reflecting the Battle between the German Unit "Lengerke" and the ||Hawoben (Veldschoendragers) under the Command of Chief Jan Hendrik: 15.12.1904
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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German War Cemetery at Koës: Reflecting various Skirmishes around Koës between January and October 1905
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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German War Cemetery at Koës: Reflecting the Skirmish between surviving Witbooi Nama and Germans at Kirris Ost: 02.11.1905
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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German War Cemetery at Koës: One of the many Casualties in the Kalahari Sand Dunes during the German Nama War in the Kalahari from 1904 to 1912: Hardap Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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German War Cemetery at Koës: Reflecting the Skirmish of Kubub between Germans and the Fransman Nama (!Khara-khoen) under Simon Koper: 08.03.1908
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Kalahari Landscape south of Koës: District Road 611: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Kalahari Landscape south of Koës: View to the Great Karas Mountains from the Northeast: : Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Kalahari Landscape southwest of Aroab: District Road 612: Warmfontein: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Warmfontein: Grave of a German Soldier who was killed 1915 during World War One in Vellicke
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Warmfontein: Grave of the Mother of Johannes Louw, Advisor to Jakob Marengo: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Warmfontein: Grave of Johannes Louw, Advisor to Jakob Marengo: Interesting is that the Grave has been "vandalised": Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Warmfontein: Next to the Grave of Johannes Louw, Advisor to Jakob Marengo are some unnamed Nama Graves, probably one could belong to Johannes Louw's Nama Wife
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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