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Grootfontein, Hoba Meteorite & Tsumeb

Hoba (also known as Hoba West) is a meteorite that lies on the farm 'Hoba West', not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It has been uncovered but, because of its large mass, has never been moved from where it fell. The main mass is estimated at more than 60 tonnes, making it the largest known meteorite (as a single piece) and the most massive naturally occurring piece of iron known at the Earth's surface.
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  • Grootfontein

    Grootfontein

    Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia, Africa. We are headed towards Rundu. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Namibian Dates

    Namibian Dates

    Namibian Dates on the roadside near Grootfontein, in Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Mururani Gate

    Mururani Gate

    Mururani Gate is about half way between Grootfontein and Rundu in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia, Africa. Its actually near the small village of Katinakatji. We need to pass through this check point to get to Rundu. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Cow

    Cow

    We are now starting to see cattle grazing along the road as we enter the Kavango Region of Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Cow

    Cow

    I don't know anything about cattle but the cows look different over here. The farmers or shepherds graze them alongside the road. They look at us non plussed as we pass, perhaps we are interrupting their day. This one was in the Kavango Region as we neared Rundu, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Cattle

    Cattle

    Cattle grazing along the road towards Rundu in the Kavango Region of Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Yellow Butterflies

    Yellow Butterflies

    We stopped along the road and found hundreds and hundreds of these yellow butterflies going crazy on the ground at the rest stop in the Kavango Region of Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Wall Art

    Wall Art

    Art on the walls at Hoba Meteorite near Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Falling Meteorites

    Falling Meteorites

    The sign says it all ! Located at Hoba Meteorite near Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Hoba Meteorite

    Hoba Meteorite

    The Hoba Meteorite landed on a farm named Hoba West near Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Africa. The meteorite has never been moved from where it fell. It is the largest known meteorite in one single piece. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Hoba West

    Hoba West

    Looking across the fields from Hoba West; the farm where the Hoba Meteorite landed, near Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Aloe Vera

    Aloe Vera

    Aloe Vera in the succulent gardens at Hoba Meteorite near Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Succulent Garden

    Succulent Garden

    Succulent Garden at Hoba Meteorite near Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Succulent Garden

    Succulent Garden

    Succulent Garden at the Hoba Meteorite near Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Crowned Lapwing

    Crowned Lapwing

    After we left the meteorite, we saw a group of Crowned Lapwings , Vanellus coronatus, beside the road near Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • ID ??????????

    ID ??????????

    near Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Swainson's Spurfowl

    Swainson's Spurfowl

    Swainson's Spurfowl, Pternistis swainsonii, on the road near Grootfonteinin the Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Swainson's Spurfowl

    Swainson's Spurfowl

    Swainson's Spurfowl, Pternistis swainsonii, on the road near Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • St Barbara Catholic Church

    St Barbara Catholic Church

    St Barbara Catholic Church, at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, Africa. The church is dedicated to Saint Barbara, the patron saint of mine workers. Tsumeb's economy is based on mining. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Ore carts

    Ore carts

    Carriages that carried ore from the mines at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, Africa.

Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

    at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, Africa.

Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

    at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Market Day

    Market Day

    Market Day at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • Market Day

    Market Day

    Market Day at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

  • at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, Africa.

Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

    at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, Africa. Photographed March 2014 - © 2014 Ian Gavagan & Lesley Bray - All Rights Reserved.

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