Awesome looking formation in the Sahara
  • JeddHamptonJeddHampton August 2008
    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...545197&z=11

    What do you think could have caused it? It looks really cool and is huge.
  • ScabdatesScabdates August 2008
    Probably a meteorite or something like that.
  • xemplarxemplar August 2008
    The Richat Structure, a prominent circular feature in the Sahara desert of Mauritania near Ouadane, has attracted attention since the earliest space missions because it forms a conspicuous bull's-eye in the otherwise rather featureless expanse of the desert. Described by some as looking like an outsized ammonite in the desert, the structure, which has a diameter of almost 50 kilometres (30 miles), has become a landmark for space shuttle crews. Initially interpreted as a meteorite impact structure because of its high degree of circularity, it is now thought to be a symmetrical uplift (circular anticline or dome) that has been laid bare by erosion. Paleozoic quartzites form the resistant beds outline the structure.

    I got this from Wikipedia about that circular feature.
  • Black+BalloonBlack Balloon August 2008
    Dunno what it is, but it's fucking huge and it looks awesome.
  • BlackLightBlackLight August 2008
    kinda of looks like an eye if you zoom out a bit
  • BlueBoxBobBlueBoxBob August 2008
    Now that's really cool.
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