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Once thriving in a water-rich valley nearly a thousand years ago, these trees fell victim to a changing climate as sand dunes encroached and the Tsauchab River shifted course. Without water, their roots withered and their trunks died, yet the harsh, arid conditions preserved them in remarkable detail. Today, these acacias — some over 900 years old — stand as a ghostly forest, a snapshot of a world that existed long before us.
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