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The satellite image used by Google Earth of this remote location in Namibia could have been taken at the same time as I took the inset shot.
Here is where and why.
One of the most remote destinations in all of Africa, Serra Cafema is located on the banks of the Kunene River in the extreme north-west of Namibia, on Angola's southern border and is the most remote fixed safari camp in Southern Africa.
The only way to get there is to fly into the dust strip in the Hartman Valley and get picked up by Land Rover and drive the last few miles to the camp.
I found the Land Rover in GoogleMaps and used Google Earth to get a better angle. The resulting image looked familar and so I went back through my archives and found the photo (inset above) which given the angle looks as if I took it at same location the satellite shows the Land Rover.
The Google Earth generated view from the actual perspective of the Land Rover is a perfect match to my inset photo. However, for this montage I just panned up and back so that the Land Rover is in the shot too.
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chilsta 75 months ago | reply
Great shot and interesting to see a real photo compared with Google Earth.
I don't understand why you think it was necessarily shot at the same time- aren't those Land Rovers making that trip fairly often and surely the landscape doesn't change much over time?
© Libyan Soup 75 months ago | reply
@chilsta
This is one of the most remote and least visited places on earth. To put it into some sort of perspective, each year more people climb Mt. Everest than visit here. There is only the one Land Rover up there. (As I have already noted you have to fly in)
To have the Land Rover in the same spot as where I took my photo from is quite a coincidence.
If you read my description I said my shot could have been taken at the same time (I never said it was). I have since investigated the timing and as it turns out the satellite imagery was taken on 22.06.04 and my photograph was taken on 27.05.04. Close, but not exact.
So even though it turns out it was not the same day I am still pretty happy that the position of the Land Rover matchs up.
Hardly a Pulitzer Prize winner, but a bit of fun nevertheless.
anjin-san 56 months ago | reply
Fascinating...good detective work :-D
chilsta 56 months ago | reply
Only just seen your reply. I getcha- it is an amazing coincidence all things considered. What an amazing place to visit.