一曲大气磅礴的《出埃及记》——马克西姆，伴您边听边看“撒哈拉之眼”
撒哈拉之眼位置图示
撒哈拉之眼位于世界上最大的沙漠——非洲撒哈拉沙漠的西南部毛里塔尼亚境内，是全球十大最壮观的地质奇迹之一。它的直径达到了48公里，海拔高度约400米，需要绕地球轨道才得见其全貌。这个“撒哈拉之眼”又被称为“理查特结构”。
The eye of the Sahara is located in Mauritania, the largest desert in the world, in the southwestern part of the Sahara desert of Africa. It is one of the ten most spectacular geological wonders in the world. It has a diameter of 48 kilometers and an altitude of about 400 meters. It needs to orbit the earth to get a full view of it. This "Sahara eye" is also known as the "richardt structure".
俯瞰“撒哈拉之眼”
起初该地形被认为是由于陨石碰撞而形成的，目前地质学家认为这可能是由于地质结构上升或侵蚀造成的，这种环状外型的形成至今仍是一个谜团。
At first, the terrain was thought to have been formed by meteorite collision. At present, geologists believe that it may be caused by the rise of geological structure or erosion. The formation of this ring shape is still a mystery.
撒哈拉之眼是全球十大最壮观的地质奇迹之一，如此之大的地质眼珠，全世界独一无二。
The eye of the Sahara is one of the ten most spectacular geological wonders in the world. Such a large geological eye is unique in the world.
科学层面至今并未确定解释“撒哈拉之眼形成原因”，它就像地球的眼睛，紧紧盯着外太空
20世纪60年代初，美国的一艘飞船在太空遨游。当飞船经过非洲上空时，航天员在远离地球几百千米的太空观察到了一个奇怪的现象：在撒哈拉大沙漠西南部出现了一个圆形的东西，它像一只睁得圆溜溜的眼睛，这就是撒哈拉之眼，紧紧地盯着太空！
In the early 1960s, an American spaceship traveled in space. When the spaceship passed over Africa, the astronauts observed a strange phenomenon in the space hundreds of kilometers away from the earth: a circular object appeared in the southwest of the Sahara desert, which looked like a round eye, which was the Sahara eye, staring at the space closely!
航拍是不可能了，因为“撒哈拉之眼太大了”只能在太空中一览全貌
“撒哈拉之眼”的中心十分平坦，四周是一些矮山丘，再远处是漫漫黄沙。
The center of the "eye of the Sahara" is very flat, surrounded by some low hills, and in the distance is the endless yellow sand.
从卫星拍摄的照片来看，它一共分为3层：最中心的一个圆圈，像瞳孔，一侧边缘稍有破损；“瞳孔”的外围，是一个更大一些的圆圈，好像圆圆的眼珠；最外围的那个大圈，当然是“眼睑”了。更绝的是，这个大圈的外沿还有丝丝缕缕的环状物，仿佛是这只“眼睛”的睫毛。
According to the satellite photos, it is divided into three layers: the most central circle, like the pupil, has a slightly damaged edge; the periphery of the pupil is a larger circle, like a round eye; the outer circle, of course, is the "eyelid". What's more, the outer edge of this big circle is also full of rings, which seems to be the eyelashes of this "eye".
左为传说中的“亚特兰蒂斯”，右为“撒哈拉之眼”。有一种说法：如今的撒哈拉之眼既是当年的亚特兰蒂斯文明
PS：近几十年内，几乎每年都会有科研团队宣称找到了真正的“亚特兰蒂斯遗址”，导致人们对这类新闻报道早已免疫。毕竟海王波塞冬和他大儿子阿特拉斯不是那么好找的。
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