english: 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.
non_english: De buitenkant was volledig weggerukt en enkel de oude kern bleef over. In het midden van de Sahara leek het alsof ik de wereld zag met de levende huid afgepeld.