This mysterious site is called eStructure of the feathers, although it is popularly known as the eye of the desert, the eye of the bull or the bull. It is located near the city Ouedane, Mauritania, Northwest Africabut also It is possible to get close to it, and it can only be seen completely from outside the Earth, that is, it is a complete sight only for astronauts.
It’s just one of many mysterious places with houses The largest desert in the world, with an area of more than 9,400,000 square kilometers. According to geologists The diameter of the blades structure in 50 kilometers,It consists of lines that give it a spiral shape. Specifically, since this structure can only be seen from a distance, it was recently Discovered in 1965 by NASA astronauts James McDevitt and Edward White, They were on a space mission called Gemini 4. It took a long time to be discovered because in One of the most inhospitable regions on the planet.
Still don’t know what it is, it was mentioned at the time as “Eye of the Desert” then shoot it feather structure. The origin of this composition It was not yet possible to determine exactly. The first hypothesis What specialists have formulated is that it could be a meteorite impact, which explains its round shape.
But this was ignored by investigations conducted years after the discovery of the structure. Recent studies have led experts to suppose that it would be a symmetrical formation of a curved dome, created by the effect of erosion over millions of years. Through the melting of rocks formed by wind and water. But in the end, until now, no one has been able to give a clear explanation of its origin.
The Eye of the Sahara is unique in the world because it is located in the middle of the largest desert on the planet, and there is nothing around it. in the center of Al Ain Rocks have been found from the Proterozoic era, which stretched from 2.5 billion years ago to 542 million years ago.. outside the structure The rocks date back to the Ordovician period, which began about 485 million years ago and ended about 444 million years ago.
The most recent strata, that is, of the Ordovician, are in the farthest radius, while the oldest are in the center of the dome. Throughout the region there are different types of rocks such as igneous, igneous and volcanic rocks, such as basalt, carbonate and kimberlite. Oil and gas were detected under the hull.
All these vehicles and The different effects of light with the changing of the seasons gave wonderfully beautiful images, in varied colors, always captured from space.
The uncertainty around its origin gave rise to it many theories, Like it for example They will be relics of Atlantis, the mythical island described by Plato, which supposedly existed about 12 thousand years ago and constituted a military power at that time.
According to those who consider this theory to be applicable, Richat’s structure fits Plato’s description perfectly. The philosopher claimed that Atlantis was an island located behind the Pillars of Hercules, which has a circular shape and is divided into several concentric circles. The Greeks called the Pillars of Hercules after the heights of the land that surrounded the Strait of Gibraltar, which represented the boundaries of the world known to the Greeks until the seventh century BC.
According to the description of the Greek philosopher, various aquaculture circulated through these concentric circles. Beyond that place does not match, where the formation is located About 3000 km from the Pillars of Herculesit is doubtful that Atlantis even existed, and the origin of the Eye of the Desert remains uncertain.
French Thomas Pesquet, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut), who was part of two extraterrestrial missions, said in a post on his Instagram profile, in which he posted his own photo, that Ain Richat, also known as Guelb er Richat’s desert eye, is the photo. The cliché that astronauts are doing their space missions. “It is easy to locate as it is 50 km wide and very clear. Also, there are rarely clouds in this area, which means it is always available to take pictures.” The photos he displayed were taken from a close distance 400 km from the planet, from the International Space Station.
In the astronaut publication He highlighted the exceptional similarity of the formation found in the desert with the surface of Mars, as its color mediates between reddish and orange and a deep hole in the middle.
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