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'The land is becoming desert': drought pushes Sicily's farming heritage to the brink
While tourists flock to the Italian island in greater numbers, a water crisis is intensifying for its rural population.
Sicily is grappling with one of the most serious water crises in its history. The island, the largest and most populous in the Mediterranean, where a European record high temperature of 48.8C was reached in 2021, is at risk of desertification.
Castronovo di Sicilia, Italy - Aerial view of the artificial lake of Fanaco. The almost dried out lake is the main water supplier to Southern Sicily.
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'The land is becoming desert': drought pushes Sicily's farming heritage to the brink
While tourists flock to the Italian island in greater numbers, a water crisis is intensifying for its rural population.
Sicily is grappling with one of the most serious water crises in its history. The island, the largest and most populous in the Mediterranean, where a European record high temperature of 48.8C was reached in 2021, is at risk of desertification.
Sicily, Italy - Dried out fields in Southern Sicily.
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'The land is becoming desert': drought pushes Sicily's farming heritage to the brink
While tourists flock to the Italian island in greater numbers, a water crisis is intensifying for its rural population.
Sicily is grappling with one of the most serious water crises in its history. The island, the largest and most populous in the Mediterranean, where a European record high temperature of 48.8C was reached in 2021, is at risk of desertification.
Sicily, Italy - Dried out fields in Southern Sicily.
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'The land is becoming desert': drought pushes Sicily's farming heritage to the brink
While tourists flock to the Italian island in greater numbers, a water crisis is intensifying for its rural population.
Sicily is grappling with one of the most serious water crises in its history. The island, the largest and most populous in the Mediterranean, where a European record high temperature of 48.8C was reached in 2021, is at risk of desertification.
Cammarata, Sicily - Liborio Mangiapane, farmer, portrayed in his farm in Cammarata in Southern Sicily.
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'The land is becoming desert': drought pushes Sicily's farming heritage to the brink
While tourists flock to the Italian island in greater numbers, a water crisis is intensifying for its rural population.
Sicily is grappling with one of the most serious water crises in its history. The island, the largest and most populous in the Mediterranean, where a European record high temperature of 48.8C was reached in 2021, is at risk of desertification.
Agrigento, Italy - Tourists in the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento.
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'The land is becoming desert': drought pushes Sicily's farming heritage to the brink
While tourists flock to the Italian island in greater numbers, a water crisis is intensifying for its rural population.
Sicily is grappling with one of the most serious water crises in its history. The island, the largest and most populous in the Mediterranean, where a European record high temperature of 48.8C was reached in 2021, is at risk of desertification.
Canicattì, Italy - A woman called a water truck in order to have water delivered to her house in the city of Canicattì in Sicily. In some areas of sicily water can arrive only every tweo weeks.
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Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice - growth or survival?
Booming expansion to meet the demands of thousands of visitors every year is squeezing dwindling water supply.
Thousands of tourists descend on the Virgin River waterway year after year, even as this region and others across the American west fall deeper into drought. Fuelled by the climate crisis and the overuse of dwindling water resources, the drought threatens the safety and sustainability of the spectacular sights; at the same time, tourists and the industries that cater to them contribute to an unfolding crisis in the cherished lands that brought them there.
While western states grapple over how to ration the rapidly declining water resources and how to secure a future in which the climate crisis is driving aridification and severe storms in this part of Utah.
Officials are searching for new sources of water as it grows more scarce in the drought-stricken American west.
Left: Hikers make their way down the Angels Landing in Zion National Park, Utah. The park has implemented a lottery for the trail due to it’s popularity and narrow and steep trail. Right: Hikers on switchbacks on the West Rim Trail.
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Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice - growth or survival?
Booming expansion to meet the demands of thousands of visitors every year is squeezing dwindling water supply.
Thousands of tourists descend on the Virgin River waterway year after year, even as this region and others across the American west fall deeper into drought. Fuelled by the climate crisis and the overuse of dwindling water resources, the drought threatens the safety and sustainability of the spectacular sights; at the same time, tourists and the industries that cater to them contribute to an unfolding crisis in the cherished lands that brought them there.
While western states grapple over how to ration the rapidly declining water resources and how to secure a future in which the climate crisis is driving aridification and severe storms in this part of Utah.
Officials are searching for new sources of water as it grows more scarce in the drought-stricken American west.
Visitors in the water of the Virgin River in the Narrows hike on Sept. 4, 2022 in Zion National Park, Utah.
Southern Utah has seen an explosion of growth despite dwindling aquifers and persistent drought.
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Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice - growth or survival?
Booming expansion to meet the demands of thousands of visitors every year is squeezing dwindling water supply.
Thousands of tourists descend on the Virgin River waterway year after year, even as this region and others across the American west fall deeper into drought. Fuelled by the climate crisis and the overuse of dwindling water resources, the drought threatens the safety and sustainability of the spectacular sights; at the same time, tourists and the industries that cater to them contribute to an unfolding crisis in the cherished lands that brought them there.
While western states grapple over how to ration the rapidly declining water resources and how to secure a future in which the climate crisis is driving aridification and severe storms in this part of Utah.
Officials are searching for new sources of water as it grows more scarce in the drought-stricken American west.
Visitors make their way off of shuttles at the stop for the popular Narrows hike on Sept. 4, 2022 in Zion National Park, Utah.
Southern Utah has seen an explosion of growth despite dwindling aquifers and persistent drought.
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Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice - growth or survival?
Booming expansion to meet the demands of thousands of visitors every year is squeezing dwindling water supply.
Thousands of tourists descend on the Virgin River waterway year after year, even as this region and others across the American west fall deeper into drought. Fuelled by the climate crisis and the overuse of dwindling water resources, the drought threatens the safety and sustainability of the spectacular sights; at the same time, tourists and the industries that cater to them contribute to an unfolding crisis in the cherished lands that brought them there.
While western states grapple over how to ration the rapidly declining water resources and how to secure a future in which the climate crisis is driving aridification and severe storms in this part of Utah.
Officials are searching for new sources of water as it grows more scarce in the drought-stricken American west.
Hikers gather at the top of Angels Landing on Sept. 4, 2022 in Zion National Park, Utah. The park has implemented a lottery for the trail due to it’s popularity and narrow and steep trail.
Southern Utah has seen an explosion of growth despite dwindling aquifers and persistent drought.
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Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice - growth or survival?
Booming expansion to meet the demands of thousands of visitors every year is squeezing dwindling water supply.
Thousands of tourists descend on the Virgin River waterway year after year, even as this region and others across the American west fall deeper into drought. Fuelled by the climate crisis and the overuse of dwindling water resources, the drought threatens the safety and sustainability of the spectacular sights; at the same time, tourists and the industries that cater to them contribute to an unfolding crisis in the cherished lands that brought them there.
While western states grapple over how to ration the rapidly declining water resources and how to secure a future in which the climate crisis is driving aridification and severe storms in this part of Utah.
Officials are searching for new sources of water as it grows more scarce in the drought-stricken American west.
A row of for sale signs for empty lots in a new housing development under construction in Ivins, Utah on Sept. 3, 2022.
Southern Utah has seen an explosion of growth despite dwindling aquifers and persistent drought.
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Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice - growth or survival?
Booming expansion to meet the demands of thousands of visitors every year is squeezing dwindling water supply.
Thousands of tourists descend on the Virgin River waterway year after year, even as this region and others across the American west fall deeper into drought. Fuelled by the climate crisis and the overuse of dwindling water resources, the drought threatens the safety and sustainability of the spectacular sights; at the same time, tourists and the industries that cater to them contribute to an unfolding crisis in the cherished lands that brought them there.
While western states grapple over how to ration the rapidly declining water resources and how to secure a future in which the climate crisis is driving aridification and severe storms in this part of Utah.
Officials are searching for new sources of water as it grows more scarce in the drought-stricken American west.
The construction site of the new Black Desert Resort on Sept. 3, 2022 in Ivins, UT.
Southern Utah has seen an explosion of growth despite dwindling aquifers and persistent drought.
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Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice - growth or survival?
Booming expansion to meet the demands of thousands of visitors every year is squeezing dwindling water supply.
Thousands of tourists descend on the Virgin River waterway year after year, even as this region and others across the American west fall deeper into drought. Fuelled by the climate crisis and the overuse of dwindling water resources, the drought threatens the safety and sustainability of the spectacular sights; at the same time, tourists and the industries that cater to them contribute to an unfolding crisis in the cherished lands that brought them there.
While western states grapple over how to ration the rapidly declining water resources and how to secure a future in which the climate crisis is driving aridification and severe storms in this part of Utah.
Officials are searching for new sources of water as it grows more scarce in the drought-stricken American west.
A new development is seen being built on Sept. 3, 2022 outside of St. George, Utah.
Southern Utah has seen an explosion of growth despite dwindling aquifers and persistent drought.
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Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice - growth or survival?
Booming expansion to meet the demands of thousands of visitors every year is squeezing dwindling water supply.
Thousands of tourists descend on the Virgin River waterway year after year, even as this region and others across the American west fall deeper into drought. Fuelled by the climate crisis and the overuse of dwindling water resources, the drought threatens the safety and sustainability of the spectacular sights; at the same time, tourists and the industries that cater to them contribute to an unfolding crisis in the cherished lands that brought them there.
While western states grapple over how to ration the rapidly declining water resources and how to secure a future in which the climate crisis is driving aridification and severe storms in this part of Utah.
Officials are searching for new sources of water as it grows more scarce in the drought-stricken American west.
People swim on the Virgin River on Sept. 3, 2022 in Virgin, Utah.
Southern Utah has seen an explosion of growth despite dwindling aquifers and persistent drought.
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Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice - growth or survival?
Booming expansion to meet the demands of thousands of visitors every year is squeezing dwindling water supply.
Thousands of tourists descend on the Virgin River waterway year after year, even as this region and others across the American west fall deeper into drought. Fuelled by the climate crisis and the overuse of dwindling water resources, the drought threatens the safety and sustainability of the spectacular sights; at the same time, tourists and the industries that cater to them contribute to an unfolding crisis in the cherished lands that brought them there.
While western states grapple over how to ration the rapidly declining water resources and how to secure a future in which the climate crisis is driving aridification and severe storms in this part of Utah.
Officials are searching for new sources of water as it grows more scarce in the drought-stricken American west.
Irrigation runs on fields on Sept. 3, 2022 in Paragonah, Utah.
Southern Utah has seen an explosion of growth despite dwindling aquifers and persistent drought.
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NEWS - NASA bereitet den Start des James-Webb-Weltraumteleskops vor
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During final testing, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is pictured, fully expanding and locking into place, just as it would in space. The conclusion of this test represents the team's final checkpoint in a long series of tests designed to ensure Webb's 18 hexagonal mirrors are prepared for a long journey in space. After this, all of Webb's many movable parts will have confirmed in testing that they can perform their intended operations after being exposed to the expected launch environment. As of December 15, 2021, the JWST team was working on a communication issue between the observatory and the launch vehicle system, delaying the launch date to no earlier than Friday, December 24.
NASA Prepares for the Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, Greenbelt, Maryland, United States - 15 Dec 2021
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NEWS - NASA bereitet den Start des James-Webb-Weltraumteleskops vor
Mandatory Credit: Photo by NASA/Northrop Grumman/UPI/Shutterstock (12645970d)
During final testing, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is pictured, fully expanding and locking into place, just as it would in space. The conclusion of this test represents the team's final checkpoint in a long series of tests designed to ensure Webb's 18 hexagonal mirrors are prepared for a long journey in space. After this, all of Webb's many movable parts will have confirmed in testing that they can perform their intended operations after being exposed to the expected launch environment. As of December 15, 2021, the JWST team was working on a communication issue between the observatory and the launch vehicle system, delaying the launch date to no earlier than Friday, December 24.
NASA Prepares for the Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, Greenbelt, Maryland, United States - 15 Dec 2021
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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green. In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai.
Ties van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
The watertanks of the greenhouse of The Weathermakers. The tanks are designed to stimulate diatom growth, which effectively take up nutrients from the water in order to create an optimal functioning ecosystem, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green. In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai.
Ties van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
Portrait of Maddie Akkermans, The Weathermakers, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green. In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai.
Ties van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
Portrait of Maddie Akkermans, The Weathermakers, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green. In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai.
Ties van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
Portrait of Gijs Bosman, The Weathermakers, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green. In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai.
Ties van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
Portrait of Gijs Bosman, The Weathermakers, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green. In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai.
Ties van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
Portrait of Gijs Bosman, Ties van der Hoeven and Maddie Akkermans, The Weathermakers, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green. In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai.
Ties van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
Portrait of Ties van der Hoeven, The Weathermakers, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green. In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai.
Ties van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
Portrait of Ties van der Hoeven, The Weathermakers, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green. In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai.
Ties van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
Portrait of Pieter van Hout, Eduardo Vias Torres, Maarten Lanters, Ties van der Hoeve, Maddie Akkermans, Gijs Bosman, Mohammed Nawlo (left to right), standing in front of the tanks, two members are missing on the photo: Rick van Bentem and Duke ten Velden, The Weathermakers, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green. In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai.
Ties van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
Portrait of Eduardo Vias Torres, Pieter van Hout, Maarten Lanters, Ties van der Hoeve, Maddie Akkermans, Gijs Bosman, Mohammed Nawlo, (left to right) standing in front of the tanks, two members are missing on the photo: Rick van Bentem and Duke ten Velden, The Weathermakers, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green. In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai.
Ties van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
Portrait of Eduardo Vias Torres, Pieter van Hout, Maarten Lanters, Ties van der Hoeve, Maddie Akkermans, Gijs Bosman, Mohammed Nawlo, (left to right) standing in front of the tanks, two members are missing on the photo: Rick van Bentem and Duke ten Velden, The Weathermakers, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
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Namib Desert
Namib Desert.
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Namib Desert in western Namibia. At 55 million years old, Namib is considered the oldest desert on Earth.
In this image, captured on 27 October 2019, a large portion of the Namib-Naukluft National Park is visible. The park covers an area of almost 50 000 sq km and encompasses part of the Namib Desert and the Naukluft Mountains to the east. Straight, white lines visible in the right of the image are roads that connect the Namib-Naukluft National Park with other parts of Namibia.
The parkÕs main attraction is Sossusvlei Ð a large salt and clay pan visible in the centre of the image. The bright white floors of the pan contrasts with the rust-red dunes that surround it.
Sossusvlei acts as an endorheic basin for the Tsauchab River Ð an ephemeral river flowing from the east. Owing to the dry conditions in the Namib Desert, the river rarely flows this far and the pan usually remains dry most years. In the past, water from the Tsauchab has reached the Atlantic coast a further 60 km away.
The dunes in this area are some of the highest in the world. The tallest, nicknamed Ôbig daddy,Õ stands at around 325 m. The dunes facing the river valley are called star dunes and are formed from winds blowing in multiple directions, creating long ÔarmsÕ that point into the valley from both sides.
These dunes contrast with the saffron-coloured dunes visible in the Namib Sand Sea, just south of Soussusvlei. The sand sea consists of two dune seas, one on top of another. The foundation of the ancient sand sea has existed for at least 21 million years, while the younger sand on top has existed for around 5 million years. The dunes here are formed by the transportation of materials from thousands of kilometres away, carried by river, ocean current and wind.
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Prince Charles, Patron, The Stained Glass Museum, visits the museum to see its expanding collection, meet staff members and hear more about the charity's education programmes as part of the museum's 40th anniversary celebrations.
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REPORTAGE - Projekt 'Brides Of The Sun'
Brides Of The Sun. Aerial view of parched farmland on the edge of the town of Yohane in Malawi.. The Brides Of The Sun reporting project was set up to investigate a link between child marriage and climate change, focusing on two countries – Malawi and Mozambique – where nearly half of girls are married by the age of 18.
Poverty and tradition have made child marriage a fact of life around the world, but public awareness campaigns and legal bans should by now have curbed the rising numbers of child brides. Instead, particularly in rural areas, the numbers remain stubbornly high. It seems that there has to be another factor in play: climate change. Rising temperatures and irregular rainfall have brought more drought and flooding. Families once able to feed themselves have seen harvests fail. Their solution has been to marry off their daughters. And nine months later, there the girl sits, sheltering her new-born baby from the blazing sun, wondering how it ended up this way.
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Brides Of The Sun. Dry river bed, Moma, Nampula Province, Mozambique. Aerial shot.. The Brides Of The Sun reporting project was set up to investigate a link between child marriage and climate change, focusing on two countries – Malawi and Mozambique – where nearly half of girls are married by the age of 18.
Poverty and tradition have made child marriage a fact of life around the world, but public awareness campaigns and legal bans should by now have curbed the rising numbers of child brides. Instead, particularly in rural areas, the numbers remain stubbornly high. It seems that there has to be another factor in play: climate change. Rising temperatures and irregular rainfall have brought more drought and flooding. Families once able to feed themselves have seen harvests fail. Their solution has been to marry off their daughters. And nine months later, there the girl sits, sheltering her new-born baby from the blazing sun, wondering how it ended up this way.
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Brides Of The Sun. Dried up river in Nataka, Larde district, Mozambique. LOcal people say they used to fish the river until the rains became unreliable and the river disappeared. It's couirse remains visible from the air.. The Brides Of The Sun reporting project was set up to investigate a link between child marriage and climate change, focusing on two countries – Malawi and Mozambique – where nearly half of girls are married by the age of 18.
Poverty and tradition have made child marriage a fact of life around the world, but public awareness campaigns and legal bans should by now have curbed the rising numbers of child brides. Instead, particularly in rural areas, the numbers remain stubbornly high. It seems that there has to be another factor in play: climate change. Rising temperatures and irregular rainfall have brought more drought and flooding. Families once able to feed themselves have seen harvests fail. Their solution has been to marry off their daughters. And nine months later, there the girl sits, sheltering her new-born baby from the blazing sun, wondering how it ended up this way.
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Brides Of The Sun. Aerial view of dried up farmland on the edge of Maseria vilalge, Ngokwe, Machinga district, Malawi. The Brides Of The Sun reporting project was set up to investigate a link between child marriage and climate change, focusing on two countries – Malawi and Mozambique – where nearly half of girls are married by the age of 18.
Poverty and tradition have made child marriage a fact of life around the world, but public awareness campaigns and legal bans should by now have curbed the rising numbers of child brides. Instead, particularly in rural areas, the numbers remain stubbornly high. It seems that there has to be another factor in play: climate change. Rising temperatures and irregular rainfall have brought more drought and flooding. Families once able to feed themselves have seen harvests fail. Their solution has been to marry off their daughters. And nine months later, there the girl sits, sheltering her new-born baby from the blazing sun, wondering how it ended up this way.
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Brides Of The Sun. Fishermen, Moma, Nampula Province, Mozambique. The Brides Of The Sun reporting project was set up to investigate a link between child marriage and climate change, focusing on two countries – Malawi and Mozambique – where nearly half of girls are married by the age of 18.
Poverty and tradition have made child marriage a fact of life around the world, but public awareness campaigns and legal bans should by now have curbed the rising numbers of child brides. Instead, particularly in rural areas, the numbers remain stubbornly high. It seems that there has to be another factor in play: climate change. Rising temperatures and irregular rainfall have brought more drought and flooding. Families once able to feed themselves have seen harvests fail. Their solution has been to marry off their daughters. And nine months later, there the girl sits, sheltering her new-born baby from the blazing sun, wondering how it ended up this way.
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Brides Of The Sun. Fishermen, Moma, Nampula Province, Mozambique. The Brides Of The Sun reporting project was set up to investigate a link between child marriage and climate change, focusing on two countries – Malawi and Mozambique – where nearly half of girls are married by the age of 18.
Poverty and tradition have made child marriage a fact of life around the world, but public awareness campaigns and legal bans should by now have curbed the rising numbers of child brides. Instead, particularly in rural areas, the numbers remain stubbornly high. It seems that there has to be another factor in play: climate change. Rising temperatures and irregular rainfall have brought more drought and flooding. Families once able to feed themselves have seen harvests fail. Their solution has been to marry off their daughters. And nine months later, there the girl sits, sheltering her new-born baby from the blazing sun, wondering how it ended up this way.
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Brides Of The Sun. Majuma Julio is 17 years old and lives on the edge of the town of Moma in Nampula Province on the east coast of Mozambique. She was living with an uncle in the town when she married Juma Momade, 21, two years ago when she was 15. They have a one and a half year old daughter, Fatima Juma.. The Brides Of The Sun reporting project was set up to investigate a link between child marriage and climate change, focusing on two countries – Malawi and Mozambique – where nearly half of girls are married by the age of 18.
Poverty and tradition have made child marriage a fact of life around the world, but public awareness campaigns and legal bans should by now have curbed the rising numbers of child brides. Instead, particularly in rural areas, the numbers remain stubbornly high. It seems that there has to be another factor in play: climate change. Rising temperatures and irregular rainfall have brought more drought and flooding. Families once able to feed themselves have seen harvests fail. Their solution has been to marry off their daughters. And nine months later, there the girl sits, sheltering her new-born baby from the blazing sun, wondering how it ended up this way.
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Brides Of The Sun. Majuma Julio is 17 years old and lives on the edge of the town of Moma in Nampula Province on the east coast of Mozambique. She was living with an uncle in the town when she married Juma Momade, 21, two years ago when she was 15. They have a one and a half year old daughter, Fatima Juma.. The Brides Of The Sun reporting project was set up to investigate a link between child marriage and climate change, focusing on two countries – Malawi and Mozambique – where nearly half of girls are married by the age of 18.
Poverty and tradition have made child marriage a fact of life around the world, but public awareness campaigns and legal bans should by now have curbed the rising numbers of child brides. Instead, particularly in rural areas, the numbers remain stubbornly high. It seems that there has to be another factor in play: climate change. Rising temperatures and irregular rainfall have brought more drought and flooding. Families once able to feed themselves have seen harvests fail. Their solution has been to marry off their daughters. And nine months later, there the girl sits, sheltering her new-born baby from the blazing sun, wondering how it ended up this way.
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REPORTAGE - Projekt 'Brides Of The Sun'
Brides Of The Sun. Majuma Julio is 17 years old and lives on the edge of the town of Moma in Nampula Province on the east coast of Mozambique. She was living with an uncle in the town when she married Juma Momade, 21, two years ago when she was 15. They have a one and a half year old daughter, Fatima Juma.. The Brides Of The Sun reporting project was set up to investigate a link between child marriage and climate change, focusing on two countries – Malawi and Mozambique – where nearly half of girls are married by the age of 18.
Poverty and tradition have made child marriage a fact of life around the world, but public awareness campaigns and legal bans should by now have curbed the rising numbers of child brides. Instead, particularly in rural areas, the numbers remain stubbornly high. It seems that there has to be another factor in play: climate change. Rising temperatures and irregular rainfall have brought more drought and flooding. Families once able to feed themselves have seen harvests fail. Their solution has been to marry off their daughters. And nine months later, there the girl sits, sheltering her new-born baby from the blazing sun, wondering how it ended up this way.
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Brides Of The Sun. Majuma Julio is 17 years old and lives on the edge of the town of Moma in Nampula Province on the east coast of Mozambique. She was living with an uncle in the town when she married Juma Momade, 21, two years ago when she was 15. They have a one and a half year old daughter, Fatima Juma.. The Brides Of The Sun reporting project was set up to investigate a link between child marriage and climate change, focusing on two countries – Malawi and Mozambique – where nearly half of girls are married by the age of 18.
Poverty and tradition have made child marriage a fact of life around the world, but public awareness campaigns and legal bans should by now have curbed the rising numbers of child brides. Instead, particularly in rural areas, the numbers remain stubbornly high. It seems that there has to be another factor in play: climate change. Rising temperatures and irregular rainfall have brought more drought and flooding. Families once able to feed themselves have seen harvests fail. Their solution has been to marry off their daughters. And nine months later, there the girl sits, sheltering her new-born baby from the blazing sun, wondering how it ended up this way.
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Brides Of The Sun. Cooking lunch in the home of Majuma Julio. Aged 17 she lives on the edge of the town of Moma in Nampula Province on the east coast of Mozambique. She was living with an uncle in the town when she married Juma Momade, 21, two years ago when she was 15. They have a one and a half year old daughter, Fatima Juma.. The Brides Of The Sun reporting project was set up to investigate a link between child marriage and climate change, focusing on two countries – Malawi and Mozambique – where nearly half of girls are married by the age of 18.
Poverty and tradition have made child marriage a fact of life around the world, but public awareness campaigns and legal bans should by now have curbed the rising numbers of child brides. Instead, particularly in rural areas, the numbers remain stubbornly high. It seems that there has to be another factor in play: climate change. Rising temperatures and irregular rainfall have brought more drought and flooding. Families once able to feed themselves have seen harvests fail. Their solution has been to marry off their daughters. And nine months later, there the girl sits, sheltering her new-born baby from the blazing sun, wondering how it ended up this way.
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