tenezrouft

Updated: June 21, 2025

As upon the plain of the celebrated Tenezrouft, objects here become greatly magnified in the distance, exceeding the most powerful magnifying lens. In the simple and bold language of our camel-drivers, "A man becomes a camel, and a camel becomes a mountain."

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846