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STS108-705-008 (5-17 December 2001) --- The "bulls eye" of the Richat Structure, photographed with a 70mm camera by one of the STS-108 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, adds interest to the barren Gres de Chinguetti Plateau in central Mauritania, northwest Africa. The shuttle was flying at an altitude of 207 nautical miles. NASA scientists studying the STS-108 photo collection pointed out the structure represents domally uplifted, layered (sedimentary) rocks that have been eroded by water and wind into the present shape. Desert sands have invaded the feature from the south.
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STS031-151-016 Linear Sand Dunes, Mauritania April 1990 The western end of the great Sahara Desert is captured in this southeast-looking, low-oblique photograph of desert and coastal areas of Mauritania. This region of west Africa is a major source of eolian sand that is transported across the Atlantic Ocean to North America. Other photographs taken during Space Shuttle flights have charted the distance and areal extent that these west African dust palls travel. The yellow and orange areas are sand dunes and sand sheets, and the darker areas are bedrock outcrops. The major area of northeast-southwest-trending bedrock produces a downwind "wind shadow" effect on the landscape that extends to the coast. The northern grayish areas with little or no sand are rock and gravel desert plains. The peninsula of Cape Blanc protrudes into Lévrier Bay.
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ISS015-E-14584 (26 June 2007) --- The "bull's-eye" of the Richat Structure in the barren Gres de Chinguetti Plateau, central Mauritania in northwest Africa is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station. It represents domally uplifted, layered (sedimentary) rocks that have been eroded by water and wind into the present shape. The 25-mile-wide structure is a 300-foot-deep landmark that has caught the eye of many an astronaut in Earth orbit.
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ISS008-E-18202 (8 March 2004) --- This image featuring a Saharan dust outbreak was taken by an Expedition 8 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS) from a position about 1400 kilometers off the coast of Mauritania (about 600 kilometers west of the Cape Verde Islands in the tropical Atlantic Ocean). Looking northwest, this image shows the dusty Saharan air mass in the lower third of the view, with clear air beyond a marked northeast-trending boundary. The dust is blowing west-southwest, parallel to the front, a common trajectory during northern winters. The width of the dust column was about 1800 kilometers, of which 200 kilometers only are seen here (right).
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ISS002-E-5693 (19 April 2001) --- The "bull's-eye" of the Richat Structure adds interest to the barren Gres de Chinguetti Plateau in central Mauritania in northwest Africa. It represents domally uplifted, layered (sedimentary) rocks that have been eroded by water and wind into the present shape. The 25-mile-wide structure is a 300-foot-deep landmark that has caught the eye of many an astronaut in Earth orbit. Image number ISS002-E-5457 shows the same feature six days earlier. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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ISS002-E-5457 (13 April 2001) --- The "bull's-eye" of the Richat Structure adds interest to the barren Gres de Chinguetti Plateau in central Mauritania in northwest Africa. It represents domally uplifted, layered (sedimentary) rocks that have been eroded by water and wind into the present shape. The 25-mile-wide structure is a 300-foot-deep landmark that has caught the eye of many an astronaut in Earth orbit. Image number ISS002-E-5693 shows the same feature six days later. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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[Schraembl, Franz Anton, D'Anville]
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[Stieler, Adolf, Dormann, B.]
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[Munster, Sebastian, 1448–1552, Ptolemy, Claudius, Pirckheimer, Willibald, 1470-1530]
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Woodcut uncolored 1st. map of North Africa. Shows cities, towns, rivers and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. Includes legend and list all of the town names. Text and map bound out of order.
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Goos, Pieter, 1616-1675
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North to the left.
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Vandermaelen, Philippe, 1795-1869
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Hand col. lithographed map. Relief shown by pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris. Covers parts of Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso.
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Vandermaelen, Philippe, 1795-1869
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Hand col. lithographed map. Prime meridian: Paris. Covers parts of Mali and Mauritania. Includes "Note sur les Arabes Bedouins ou Monslemines. Pour le commencement voyez no. 7."
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Vandermaelen, Philippe, 1795-1869
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Hand col. lithographed map. Relief shown by pictorially; depths by soundings. Prime meridian: Paris. Covers parts of Western Sahara and Mauritania. Longitude values are reversed.
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Arrowsmith, Aaron
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A set of five maps designed to accompany James Stanier Clark's The progress of maritime discovery, from the earliest period to the close of the eighteenth century, forming an extensive system of hydrography, originally published in London by Cadell and Davies in 1803. Maps engraved by S. J. Neele. No title page; title from printed label on front cover; imprint from plates.
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USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
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