Estimates of the Eye of the Sahara's dimensions range from 25 to 31 miles (40 to 50 kilometers) in diameter. The eye forms a near-perfect circle in the desert of Mauritania, which initially led ...

For millennia, the Eye of the Sahara was hiding in plain sight. That's because this huge and mysterious geologic formation is hard to spot from ground level, walking around on Earth. It turns out ...

The diameter of the Eye of the Sahara measures 23.5km, according to Google Map's measuring tool and Atlantis was said to measure 127 Stadia, or in today's terms that is 23.49km.

THE lost city of Atlantis was hidden in plain site for centuries according to a conspiracy theorist certain the mythical city sits in the Sahara Desert. By Sebastian Kettley 16:59, Thu, Nov 8 ...

The circular formation in this photo is the Richat Structure of Mauritania, which “has captured the attention of astronauts for about as long as NASA has sent humans into orbit around Earth.” ...

“Dubbed ‘the Eye of Sahara’ for its rings, the diameter of the structure spans about 25 miles,” the Goddard Space Flight Center ... “Some think this might be the lost city of Atlantis, ...

Many scientists believed the same thing when the Eye of the Sahara was first spotted from space in the mid-'60s.) Advertisement Visit Atlas Obscura for more on the Richat Structure.

Guelb er Richat (aka the Richat Structure or the Eye of the Sahara) is eyepopping when seen from space. How is it to see it from the ground? You'll have to travel deep into Mauritania's desert to ...