A huge, copper-toned formation in West Africa dominates a mesmerizing photo taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers snapped this hypnotic image of ...

The Eye of Africa, or Richat Structure, is one of Earth’s most recognisable natural formations—yet for decades, scientists couldn’t agree on what it actually was. Now, fresh geological evidence has ...

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center decided to kick a hornet’s nest July 16 when it shared an image of one of Earth’s most debated oddities. Known as the Richat Structure, the formation is a series of ...

The circular geologic feature is thought to be caused by an uplifted dome that has been eroded to expose the originally flat rock layers. (Image: instagram/@iss) The Richat Structure, also known as ...

This story was updated at 12:54 p.m. EDT. A huge, copper-toned formation in West Africa dominates a mesmerizing photo taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Dutch astronaut ...

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.” ...

This story was updated at 12:54 p.m. EDT. A huge, copper-toned formation in West Africa dominates a mesmerizing photo taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Dutch astronaut ...

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