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Valley of Desolation in Graaff Reinet, Karoo, South Africa

Volcanic rock stacked atop existing boulders form an exterior cliff dwelling wall that runs along the side of of a high desert promentory. The Sinagua Indian tribe that selected this site did so for its easily defensible position. Below the wall is a sheer cliff dropping to a long steep hill that descends to a dry riverbed - allowing no access from that side. This wall includes small portals where rocks were omitted so that arrows could be fired through them, permitting concealment from enemy attack. The wall has contains a narrow opening for egress, and the climb to safe level terrain is difficult. Site selection was critical for the Sinagua, and perfectly executed here. This culture combined hunting and gathering with agriculture, but the latter was challenging in this arrid wilderness terrain. The exact site location, which requires considerable effort to reach, is intentionally omitted. Its estimated age dates to 1300 AD - 1400 AD. Remote Sinagua Cliff Dwelling Site, Northern Arizona, 2013.

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Beautiful Cederberg Landscape with Maltese Cross, Cederberg Wildernis Area, Western Cape, South Africa

Olduvai Gorge which is a site in Tanzania that holds the earliest evidence of the existence of human ancestors

Karijini National Park

Imposing mountain and valleys in Mountain Zebra National Park near Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Lion's Head, Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa

The Magaliesberg Mountains is a small mountain chain in the Gauteng and North-west provinces of South Africa. The mountains consist predominantly of layers of shale, quartzite and dolomite of the Transvaal Supergroup which was uplifted and tilted about 2000 million years ago.

Basaltic volcanic columns, Bongo NSW Australia, background with copy space, full frame horizontal composition

A rock formation in shape of a man looking up into the sky with a cut out of a door on the side of his head. It is surrounded by a dry landscape on a clear and sunny day near Lake Titicaca, Peru.

Open grazing land on a sunny day

Landscape of the remote Ennedi Mountains (massif) in the Sahara desert, North-East Chad. The Ennedi massif was declared as an UNESCO World Heritage site in 2016.

Farm in the Karoo with old rural houses, valeys pastures aloes and fields of sheep and the swartberg mountains in south africa.

Nature along the way to Mesa Verde National Park, Cortez, Colorado

Unique rocks Murphys Haystacks in remote South Australia

View of ravine Olduvai Gorge one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world - the Cradle of Mankind. Great Rift Valley, Tanzania Eastern Africa

Everlastings (Syncarpha vestita). Also called by the following name: Cape snow. Fynbush, Desert flower in South Africa.

The Valley of Desolation in the Eastern Cape of South Africa is a geological phenomenon a sheer cliff face topped by pinnacles that lie within the Camdeboo National Park.

Cederberg Mountains approach from Citrusdal Side towards Sneeuberg

Potosí, Bolivia, October 19, 2023: View of the Bolivian Andes between the towns of Uyuni and Potosí under cloudy sky.

Valley of Desolation, South Africa

Vegetation and native landscapes in Serra da Canastra in Minas Gerais, MG, Brazil

Savannah landscape under clear sky

Beautifu highland landscape in Amhara Region. Ethiopia wilderness landscape, Africa.

Rocky mountain wall

Hills on the coast of Komodo Island in Indonesia

A photo of mountains and boulders, Western Cape, South Africa

The Hunter River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise below Donkins Hill. The river flows in a south-westerly direction until it discharges into Prince Frederick Harbour then York Sound and the Indian Ocean. The river was named in 1820 by the explorer Philip Parker King aboard the Mermaid while making charts in the area. The river was named after the surgeon on the Mermaid, James Hunter. The river has two spectacular waterfalls, the Hunter Falls and Donkin Falls, both of which drop 90 metres (295 ft). Also a large and unique rock formation can be found at the mouth of the river. The area is popular with tourism companies and several wilderness cruises operate in the area.

The rocky ridge line known as the Great wall of China due to its resemblance to the original on the Flinders Ranges, the largest mountain ranges in South Australia.

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