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260 Giant Monuments Found In Sahara Desert, Where A Dangerous New Gold Rush Is Heating UpSatellite images of some Atbai Enclosure Burials, some of which have been recently vandalised.

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260 Giant Monuments Found In Sahara Desert, Where A Dangerous New Gold Rush Is Heating UpSatellite images of some Atbai Enclosure Burials, some of which have been recently vandalised.
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260 Giant Monuments Found In Sahara Desert, Where A Dangerous New Gold Rush Is Heating Up

clock-iconMay 14, 2026

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The True Scale Of The Richat Structure Was Only Fully Appreciated When Humans Started Traveling Into SpaceThe Richat structure, viewed from above. A circular feature peaks out through the Sahara desert.

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The True Scale Of The Richat Structure Was Only Fully Appreciated When Humans Started Traveling Into SpaceThe Richat structure, viewed from above. A circular feature peaks out through the Sahara desert.
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The True Scale Of The Richat Structure Was Only Fully Appreciated When Humans Started Traveling Into Space

clock-iconApril 29, 2026
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Where Camels Fear To Go: 200 Skeletons Were Discovered At A Prehistoric Cemetery In The Sahara DesertAerial view of the Gobero archaeological site in Central Niger, Africa.

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Where Camels Fear To Go: 200 Skeletons Were Discovered At A Prehistoric Cemetery In The Sahara DesertAerial view of the Gobero archaeological site in Central Niger, Africa.
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Where Camels Fear To Go: 200 Skeletons Were Discovered At A Prehistoric Cemetery In The Sahara Desert

clock-iconMarch 21, 2026

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Marvelous New Spinosaurus Species Could Settle Great Debate About Its Lifestyle And Inspire A Nationpaleoart depicting two Spinosaurus fighting over prey

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Marvelous New Spinosaurus Species Could Settle Great Debate About Its Lifestyle And Inspire A Nationpaleoart depicting two Spinosaurus fighting over prey
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Marvelous New Spinosaurus Species Could Settle Great Debate About Its Lifestyle And Inspire A Nation

clock-iconFebruary 19, 2026
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NASA Visualization Beautifully Shows Swirling Migration Of Particles In Earth's AtmosphereVisualization showcasing aerosols as modeled by NASA's Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) for the period from August 1 to September 14, 2024.

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NASA Visualization Beautifully Shows Swirling Migration Of Particles In Earth's AtmosphereVisualization showcasing aerosols as modeled by NASA's Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) for the period from August 1 to September 14, 2024.
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NASA Visualization Beautifully Shows Swirling Migration Of Particles In Earth's Atmosphere

clock-iconAugust 11, 2025
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Sun Filtered By Dust In Florida As Haboob The Size Of 48 States Approaches The USA giant haboob in the Arizona desert.

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Sun Filtered By Dust In Florida As Haboob The Size Of 48 States Approaches The USA giant haboob in the Arizona desert.
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Sun Filtered By Dust In Florida As Haboob The Size Of 48 States Approaches The US

clock-iconJune 4, 2025
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Previously Unknown Human Lineage Lived In The Sahara When It Was GreenA 7,000-year-old mummy from the Green Sahara

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Previously Unknown Human Lineage Lived In The Sahara When It Was GreenA 7,000-year-old mummy from the Green Sahara
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Previously Unknown Human Lineage Lived In The Sahara When It Was Green

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Nabta Playa: "Stonehenge Of Sahara" Was Built Thousands Of Years Before England'sA reconstruction of the Nabta Playa Calendar Circle at the Nubian Museum in Aswan, Upper Egypt.

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Nabta Playa: "Stonehenge Of Sahara" Was Built Thousands Of Years Before England'sA reconstruction of the Nabta Playa Calendar Circle at the Nubian Museum in Aswan, Upper Egypt.
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Nabta Playa: "Stonehenge Of Sahara" Was Built Thousands Of Years Before England's

clock-iconMarch 4, 2025
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Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected SourceFolks watching an American nuclear bomb drop at the Nevada Test Site on July 14, 1962

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Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected SourceFolks watching an American nuclear bomb drop at the Nevada Test Site on July 14, 1962
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Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected Source

clock-iconJanuary 31, 2025
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Gigantic "Pyramid Dunes" Of The Sahara Desert Seen From SpaceAn aerial view of Erg Chebbi in southeastern Morocco, not far from the border with Algeria.

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Gigantic "Pyramid Dunes" Of The Sahara Desert Seen From SpaceAn aerial view of Erg Chebbi in southeastern Morocco, not far from the border with Algeria.
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Gigantic "Pyramid Dunes" Of The Sahara Desert Seen From Space

clock-iconNovember 11, 2024
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Rare Heavy Rainfall Sees Sahara Flood For First Time In DecadesSahara Desert lake in Merzouga

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Rare Heavy Rainfall Sees Sahara Flood For First Time In DecadesSahara Desert lake in Merzouga
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Rare Heavy Rainfall Sees Sahara Flood For First Time In Decades

clock-iconOctober 14, 2024
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Guelta d'Archei: A Surreal Oasis In The Heart Of The Sahara DesertA caravan of camels sip from the freshwater of Guelta d'Archei in northeastern Chad.

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Guelta d'Archei: A Surreal Oasis In The Heart Of The Sahara DesertA caravan of camels sip from the freshwater of Guelta d'Archei in northeastern Chad.
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Guelta d'Archei: A Surreal Oasis In The Heart Of The Sahara Desert

clock-iconJuly 30, 2024
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Stunning New Photos Of The “Eye Of The Sahara” As Seen From The ISSSatellite view of the Richat Structure

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Stunning New Photos Of The “Eye Of The Sahara” As Seen From The ISSSatellite view of the Richat Structure
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Stunning New Photos Of The “Eye Of The Sahara” As Seen From The ISS

clock-iconJuly 25, 2024
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How Can Dust And Sand Travel 5,000 Miles?Satellite image of a dust storm blowing off the coast of the Western Sahara in July 2022.

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How Can Dust And Sand Travel 5,000 Miles?Satellite image of a dust storm blowing off the coast of the Western Sahara in July 2022.
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How Can Dust And Sand Travel 5,000 Miles?

clock-iconJuly 12, 2024
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This Lost River Could Explain How The Pyramids Were BuiltThe Giza pyramid complex in Egypt, which includes the Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx, as seen from a airplane.

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This Lost River Could Explain How The Pyramids Were BuiltThe Giza pyramid complex in Egypt, which includes the Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx, as seen from a airplane.
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This Lost River Could Explain How The Pyramids Were Built

clock-iconMay 16, 2024
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