Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured this image of a huge crater in Africa on Nov. 22, 2014. This is the Richat Structure in northwestern Mauritania, otherwise known as the “Eye ...

Jaw-dropping images taken from space shows a vast eye-shape gazing up from the desert. The so-called Richat Structure was captured by an astronaut from 222 miles up on the International Space Station ...

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 ...

Explore the origins of one of the coolest geologic formations in the world, West Africa's Richat Structure.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the middle of Mauritania's Sahara Desert, surrounded by an ocean of sand, lies a colossal ...

The Richat structure, an eroded geological dome, located in the African nation of Mauritania, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above Earth.

The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, November 2018. Jaw-dropping images taken from space shows a vast eye-shape gazing up ...