Archive for May 11th, 2007

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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Mystery Egyptian Desert Spiral

Friday, 11th May 2007 by Alex

Update: Thanks to cowens and others who informed us that this is actually an absolutely massive piece of land art called desert breath. Click through for some images and a way better description than I gave it!

What on earth is the purpose of this massive spiral in the Egyptian desert?

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It appears to be made from near-perfect circles scooped from the sand, which decrease in size toward the centre of the spiral - where there is a much larger circular trench.

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Whatever the spiral’s purpose actually is, it must have taken a serious amount of effort to put here.

Thanks to BZoltan