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site oi names’ Eacbabs. inst wlde open salt flats. seemingly devoid oi the Nnln Bird Sanclunry on lhL- lmrlll-casldrll
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alien and inhospitable wnsu-land. ili: power oi‘ River
lifcis unleashed by water. Like a lake or sea, the pans also hIl\'b.‘
'|hr: enunnuus sallplln minplcx covers islandsinthem!'|hcinoslwcI|—kn0wnarclhc
roughly iz.noa square kilometres, comprising eniginnlic rocky uulcmps of Lckhubu Isl.-and
lhrce major pans. (Smva, Nlwctwe and Nxall and lb level)’. smaller cousin Kukonje lsLInd..
and counlh-s< smaller ones. When lhc pans do 'llie<c arc otherworldly places that spunk to me
nccasioiinlly flood as :4 result of good miiifal] imzsglnanon and evoke an eerie feclliig of total
or seasonal rivers Illa! drain iniu iliem. lhc lsolalion. A lruc sense nfpcacc and lurnmny
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