a “fun” talk
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A “fun” talk. I gave this talk at a graduate students & faculty mixer lunch we had in the EE dept. sometime in 2000. Rough outline A Mets outing An intro to US National Parks Namibia’s Skeleton Coast – a must-see! - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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A “fun” talk • I gave this talk at a graduate students & faculty
mixer lunch we had in the EE dept. sometime in 2000.
• Rough outline– A Mets outing– An intro to US National Parks – Namibia’s Skeleton Coast – a must-see!– Crossection of NY City Underground – I think this led
me into a little speech extolling the opportunities in this great city
– Fall in Atlantic Highlands, NJ!
M. Veeraraghavancirca 2000
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Tim Moors, Ramesh Badri Reinette Grobler, MV
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Roberto Rojas-Cessa, Tim Moors, Ramesh Badri and Reinette Grobler
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The Skeleton Coast, NamibiaStarts south of the Orange river, includes thewhole coast of Namibia and goes 200km into Angola
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http://www.iwwn.com.na/sksafari/brochure.html
The SKELETON COAST of NAMIBIA...one of the world's most treacherous and barren shorelines, the product of dense coastal fogs and cold sea breezes caused by the icy Benquela Ocean Current. Scores of ships and mariners have mettheir end here fostering its aura of mystery and impenetrability.
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Sand dunes in the Namib desert - are ashigh as 300m!
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Camps on the trip - this one is on the kunene river near theAngolan border
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