These had had their entire exteriors stripped away, and all that was left was the old core, and in the middle of the Sahara, I felt like I was seeing the earth with its living skin stripped away.
Эрозия обнажила поверхность, и осталась только древняя сердцевина, и здесь, посреди Сахары, я чувствовал, будто вижу саму землю со снятым заживо скальпом.