Namibia June 2009
In June 2009 myself and another co-worker went on a geology tour that was part of a conference we had attended. We spent the better part of two weeks wandering around the desert country looking at rocks and giant holes in the ground. Rossing Mine - the tiny dots on the bottom are 350T trucks... Like this one. The tires are about 15 feet tall Containers on flat cars with supplies for the mine Tank cars with chemicals for mineral processing. Whale belly tank cars are not limited to North America This excavator could be useful for landscaping the yard Trekkopje is the site of a large mine as well as a little known WW1 battle between British (South African and Namibian troops) and German (German and Namibian troops) forces. Germany held Namibia until around 1916 if I recall correctly. The war was one of the driving forces in getting the railway system in Namibia built. War graves of British forces German war graves Safari sights Safari sights ...