# The Most Reality-Bending Finds Buried in the Sahara

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Podcast: [Bright Side](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bright-side-3596359)
Published: 2026-09-03T20:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADME1317342601.mp3?updated=1736037240
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## Resource

The Sahara Desert might look like an endless sea of sand, but it's hiding some of the most mind-blowing secrets under its surface! 🌵 Credit: Remnants of an Ancient Lake: By Joshua Stevens/ NASA Earth Observatory, https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima... megalake: By NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, https://www.si.edu/stories/ancient-me... CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Bandringa rayi fossil shark: By James St. John - https://flic.kr/p/pnXaHf, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Spinosaurus skeleton: By Kabacchi - https://flic.kr/p/7dqLn2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Spinosaurus swimming: By Mike Bowler, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Erg Chech 002: By Steve Jurvetson - https://flic.kr/p/2kuWqYs, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Pink halite: By James St. John - https://flic.kr/p/2iigYK9, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Pink snow: By James St. John - https://flic.kr/p/Cdc7BU, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Cothurnocystis: By Haplochromis, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Cothurnocystis elizae CRF: By Dwergenpaartje, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Hunsrück-Schiefer Fossil Homalozoa: By Hunsrück-Museum Simmern, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Tooth of Spinosaurus: By Utahraptor, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Wadi Al-Hitan: By Hatem Moushir, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY-SA 4.0 By Utahraptor - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Metriorhynchus stomach contents: By Skye McDavid, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Macrospondylus bollensis: By Didier Descouens, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Castericystis sprinklei: By Didier Descouens, https:/…

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