This astonishing image captured from space depicts the Eye of the Sahara, a 50-kilometer geological formation in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania, Africa. What the hell is it and why is it staring into space?

Also known as the Richat Structure, the Eye dates back to the Neoproterozic period, between 1 billion and 542 million years ago. — Read the rest

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