Showing posts with label Mauritania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mauritania. Show all posts

Wednesday, 13 May 2009

The Richat Structure (Mauritania)


This spectacular landform in Mauritania in the southwestern part of the Sahara desert, called the Richat Structure, is so huge with a diameter of 30 miles that it is visible from space. The formation was originally thought to be caused by a meteorite impact but now geologists believe it is a product of uplift and erosion. The cause of its circular shape is still a mystery. Read more Read more