Citroën B2 Scarabée d'Or (replica), 1922. The Golden Scarab half-track (Autochenille) made the first ever crossing of the Sahara by an automobile between December 19, 1922 and January 7, 1923 (101 years ago today). It was driven by Georges Marie Haadt and Louis Audouin Dubreuil (pictured) who travelled 3,200km on the outward journey. No return journey had been planned but they had such a great time on the way out they turned around and went back the same way.
"Desert Breath", 1997
Danai Stratou, Alexandra Stratou and Stella Konstantinidis
A colossal work of art covering 100,000 square meters in the Eastern Sahara of Egypt. It consists of two interlocking logarithmic spirals of 178 cones and is visible from space. She followed the project with the seven great rivers of the Earth, which arose after she recorded with her photographic lens the "grey zones" covering a distance of 30,000 kilometers. From Belfast to Nicosia, Mitrovica, Kashmir, Palestine, Batme and Tijuana, she presented documentaries touching on extremely topical issues such as borders, walls, population movements, etc.
View on Google Earth at coordinates: 27°22'54.59"N, 33°37'48.46"E