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Earth from Space: Eye of Africa
European Space Agency, 2010. ESA, Observing the Earth.
Envisat MERIS satellite image (300 m resolution) of the western Sahara with the Richat, captioned as a geological uplift exposed by wind and water erosion; the plateau around it stands about 200 m above the sand and the outer rim peaks at about 485 m above sea level.
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Envisat MERIS image and caption, cited for the height of the rim (about 485 m above sea level) and of the plateau around it.
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European Space Agency (2010). Earth from Space: Eye of Africa. ESA, Observing the Earth. https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Earth_from_Space_Eye_of_Africa
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title = {Earth from Space: Eye of Africa},
howpublished = {ESA, Observing the Earth},
year = {2010},
url = {https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Earth_from_Space_Eye_of_Africa}
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. “Earth from Space: Eye of Africa.” ESA, Observing the Earth (2010).