VERY INTERESTING: EYE OF THE SAHARA

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THE EYE OF THE SAHARA; THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS OR NOT?

People have been traveling the world, raking the ocean floor, and flooding money into the search for the Lost City of Atlantis for years.

But could it be that it has been right there in front of us? In one of the most unlikely places on earth? The middle of the Sahara Desert? Or somewhere still undiscovered? Or is it just a fictional place created for moral tales? Read on and decide for yourself.

What is The Eye of the Sahara?

The Eye of the Sahara, also known as the Richat Structure, is a mysterious phenomenon found near west-central Mauritania in Africa. It’s located in the Sahara’s Adrar Plateau.

It’s a nearly symmetrical geologic structure formed of multiple concentric circles of exposed sedimentary rock that can be seen from space. In fact, that’s how we discovered it in the first place.

In the 1960s, astronauts who were a part of Project Gemini were searching for circular impact structures when they came across the Eye of the Sahara. It was briefly thought to have been caused by an extraterrestrial impact, but after further consideration, it was concluded to have been made completely planetside.

Now, it’s used as a landmark for astronauts, and as an object of wonder for the curious Google Earth explorer.

But there are also those who think it’s something more. Could there be anything to that belief?

What is the Lost City of Atlantis?

The Lost City of Atlantis is the legendary island that sank beneath the ocean a long, long time ago, taking with it the most advanced society in history.

It’s first mentioned in Plato’s texts Timaeus and Critias, written in about 360 B.C. He wrote that Atlantis was larger than Libya and Asia together (which referred to modern-day northern Africa and over half of Turkey).

On the island, Plato said, there existed a confederation of kings, of great and marvelous power, which held sway over all the island, and over many other islands also and parts of the continent.

The city was made up of alternating rings of land and water, with bridges extending from the center to the outside, protected by gates and guards.

Poseidon, the Greek God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, came across Atlantis when he was walking the world in search of the biggest island. It was said to have been inhabited by the most beautiful and intelligent people on Earth. This is where he found his true love, Cleito.

In order to claim Cleito as his own and not worry about other people falling in love with her, he decided to do what any rational person would: he built a palace into a mountain and surrounded it with three circular moats, each increasing in width, separated by large rings of land, and placed her in it to dwell for an undetermined amount of time.

Rational, right? And y’all thought Greek mythology was boring!

This is not unusual for Poseidon, as he was constantly having affairs and defiling women, and disguising himself as other gods in order to get who he wanted. Basically, he sucked.

While captured by Poseidon, Cleito had five sets of twin boys. The first of which, Atlas, became the King of Atlantis and had the ocean named after him (hence the name Atlantic Ocean).

The other sons were also rulers of the surrounding nine kingdoms, named the Kingdoms of Atlantis.

The island was said to be self-sufficient, growing its own crops and livestock and having a well-maintained irrigation system.

Rumors claim that the inhabitants of Atlantis were extraterrestrial in origin, having reached the island 50,000 years ago from the Lyrian star system. They were all taller and fairer than humans are now and could live on average 800 years.

They were believed to have powers such as the ability to control the weather and modify volcanic eruptions. This could also be linked to the claim that all the inhabitants were half-human, half-god.

Many people called Atlantis a utopia, when in reality, according to Ken Feder, a professor of archaeology, said it was the opposite, stating:

Atlantis is the embodiment of a materially wealthy, technologically advanced, and militarily powerful nation that has become corrupted by its wealth, sophistication, and might.

This is a major reason people believe that Atlantis isn’t real at all and is actually just a moral tale Plato created.

Salt in the Area

When viewing aerial photos of the Eye, there are large white spots visible. These are actually pockets of salt on the surface of the sand. This indicates that there was ocean water that flowed over this area in the last 12,000 years.

The number 12,000 is not random. Multiple articles have come out recently stating that the Sahara Desert used to be a lush, green climate. After a huge flood about 11,600 years ago, everything was stripped away, leaving behind a deserted wasteland.

That’s later than people originally thought that part of Africa was underwater - by about 56 million years. This was when parts of Africa were submerged by the Trans-Saharan Seaway.

So, if you say it couldn’t be Atlantis because it’s not underwater, guess again. The Eye may be landlocked now, but it hasn’t always been that way.

Recently, some previously-classified CIA files became available to the public. There were still some redactions that are classified, but they provided new information on the Eye of the Sahara.

In 1967, the CIA conducted a secret mission where aircraft were sent to about a dozen different locations in the world covertly to run surveillance in search of geomagnetic anomalies.

Geomagnetic fields within the earth shield us from the vacuum of space, and scientists wanted to check for any differences or phenomena. The Richat Structure was one of the locations tested.

Now, while the fact that a mission happened is declassified, the results of the mission were not released. This is what was written about the findings from the Eye of the Sahara:

While the scientific aspects of this survey are totally unclassified and available to the worldwide scientific community…

Nothing.

That’s where the declassified information ends. There’s just about a half-page of redacted information that the government felt could not be released even more than 50 years after the mission.

There’s confusion as to why the results would be classified still. This isn’t necessarily proof of the Lost City of Atlantis, but it is proof that something funky is going on at the Eye of the Sahara that the CIA feels should be concealed from the general public.

The center island of Atlantis was said to have interesting properties, like two freshwater springs: one of hot water and one of cold. This would be very unique, as there are no other known places in the world with springs like this.

And as always have a chilled day from the Viking