# European Space Agency 2010: Earth from Space: Eye of Africa

> European Space Agency, 2010. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Envisat MERIS image and caption, cited for the height of the rim (about 485 m…

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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.

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

## What it's used for here

Envisat MERIS image and caption, cited for the height of the rim (about 485 m above sea level) and of the plateau around it.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite 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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[Read it free at esa.int](https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Earth_from_Space_Eye_of_Africa)

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