The Richat Structure
Found in the Sahara’s Adrar Plateau, near Ouadane, west-central Mauritania, Northwest Africa, the Guelb er Richât is known by many names, the Eye of Africa, Eye of Mauritania, Eye of the Sahara or simply the Eye of the desert. It was first described in the 1930s to 1940s, as Richât Crater or Richât buttonhole (boutonnière du Richât) but it wouldn’t be until we would send men into space that we’d witness that big blue eye looking up at us.
Experts have long debated about how this enigmatic and perfect circular set of concentric rings got there. Some believe it is the result of a massive ancient asteroid strike, while others believe it to be a simple process of natural geological attrition and erosion, others still (of the non-academic variety) believe it was left there by extraterrestrials because of course they do.
Whether it be from an impact, volcanic activity, erosion, a natural geological process or the eye of Sauron himself, whatever its cause, its effect is unquestionably spectacular, like the eye of our Earth eternally gazing out in to the universe looking for the eye of the creator to stare back.
