# Meado 2018: Richat Structure

> Andrea Meado, 2018. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day: the ISS photograph ISS030-E-12516 used as the…

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# Richat Structure

Andrea Meado, 2018. _NASA Earth Observatory_.

Astronaut photograph taken from the International Space Station on 17 December 2011 (Expedition 30, Nikon D2Xs, 400 mm lens), with a caption describing the structure as an eroded domed anticline about 45 km across, older rocks at the centre.

**Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis** **Primary source** PhotographChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day: the ISS photograph ISS030-E-12516 used as the lead picture, cited for its 45 km width and its distance from the coast.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[Photograph: The Eye of the Sahara](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/copies/CPY0DCKWVZNAFMN/photograph-the-eye-of-the-sahara)

CPY

[Plato's Atlantis was an island swallowed by the sea; the Richat stands about 485 m up and some 500 km inland](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT7THMZK1/platos-atlantis-was-an-island-swallowed-by-the-sea-the)

Evidence

EVD

[The rim stands about 485 m above sea level, some 500 km from the coast](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKV70ED5NR/the-rim-stands-about-485-m-above-sea-level-some-500-km-from)

Evidence

EVD

[The rings are natural cuestas of an eroded Cretaceous dome, about 100 million years old](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT1SXTFBY/the-rings-are-natural-cuestas-of-an-eroded-cretaceous-dome)

Evidence

EVD

[The structure is at least 40 km across, and NASA gives about 45 km](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKTQ42P66F/the-structure-is-at-least-40-km-across-and-nasa-gives-about)

Evidence

EVD

[An Expedition 30 crew member photographs the structure from the International Space Station](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/events/EVT0DCKR4W7NPR0/an-expedition-30-crew-member-photographs-the-structure-from)

EVT

[The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Meado, A. (2018). Richat Structure. NASA Earth Observatory. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/richat-structure-92071/
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