Science and Exploration

The Richat Structure Viewed From Orbit

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

January 5, 2022

Filed under NASA, OnOrbit, The Richat Structure

The Richat Structure Viewed From Orbit — The Richat Structure

NASA

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.
iss066e102086 (Dec. 31, 2021) – larger image

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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