Brukkaros 2


Brukkaros - into the caldera

The south-wall gap	The caldera floor looking west		The south-wall-gap
The caldera floor is about 2km in diameter. It is strewn with rock debris. It is a remote and quiet world that not many people have trodden. It is possibly the nearest opportunity that you will ever have to stand on the floor of a volcano like crater. There was a time, following the initial formation, that rain-water formed a lake in the caldera. The ground water seeped into the rock fissures and when deep enough in the earth came into contact with the magma heated rock and thus caused hot spring waters to bubble to the surface. These waters carried with them silica solutions that solidified into hard rock known as Breccia that eventually formed a thick coating on part of the floor of the crater. The overrun through the lowest point of the South Wall Gap over time formed what could be referred to as a '"Rock Waterfall ".
Boulder strewn floor	Interesting rocks	The rock waterfall	Upper lip of the rock 'waterfall'
There are a variety of rock types that can be found in and around the crater. If you are interest in geology and scout around you will see a variety rock types and deposits. There is a scattering of hardy trees and desert plants in an near to the dry river bed, and you will see lonely quiver trees clinging to the inner walls of the caldera that provide welcome nesting sites for social weaver birds. You will also see several dead quiver trees.
Social Weaver Colony	Dead Quiver Tree	Dead Quiver Tree	Brukkaros flower	Brukkaros flower
If your visit is within a few days of summer shower you'll find hardy desert plants in bloom, and you'll wonder as to how these can survive dormant for most of the year and then suddenly and briefly come into full flower.. Flowering plants developed during the Cretaceous Period and the Brukkaros Crater has provided us with the oldest angiospermous flower fossil ever found in Namibia, having 5 petals and a diameter of 12mm. Acknowledgements and further reading: G1, G2, P1 ► Brukkaros 1
Local Area Attractions
► Giant's Playground ► Quiver Tree Forest ► Mesosaurus Fossils ► Keetmanshoop ► Nearby Accommodation



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