Check out some rare photos of the amazing extinct volcanoes of the Sahara desert!

The Dhaka Times Desk Waw an Namus is an extinct volcano in the Sahara desert. It is one of the largest salt flats in the world. Today in the report of The Dhaka Times, some rare and extraordinary pictures of Waw an Namus will come up.

এই বিশাল Waw an Namus The extinct volcano is 12 miles long. There is no way to understand from a distance what a beautiful natural environment has been created here. Surrounded by desert and in between the extinct volcano Waw an Namus.

Waw an Namus is surrounded by salt marshes. Seen from space, this dead volcano can be seen around numerous layers of ash. When it erupted, it spread underground rock ash around the area. This ash can still be seen clearly in images taken from space.

Images sent from space also show volcanic ash 200 miles wide! From here you can imagine how much area this volcano once ruled.

Coming to this part of the vast Sahara desert, you will find a freshwater lake right next to the salt water.

The area has long been an important source of potable water for the people of southern Libya.

For a long time this volcano was completely unknown to the outside world. However, in 1862, Karl Moritz von Beurmann opened this volcano to the international community by writing.

In 1920, the first international visitor to visit the area was Laurent Lapierre, who was also a French army officer. Laurent Lapierre published a detailed report on this place in Europe.

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11 years later Italian researcher Ardito Desio came to see Waw an Namus. He also conducted detailed research on it.

Now the area of Waw an Namus is called a pilgrimage site for tourists.

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