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.

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

Lesley Bray Photography

Grootfontein, Hoba Meteorite & Tsumeb