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Aloabh nozzle IIby =eyesweb1

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Hi everyone .. Welcome dear friends ..

- Aloabh nozzle (locally: Mqlatmah) deep hole in the ground a circular diameter of 3 km and a depth of 380 meters. Located just 30 kilometers from the northern village of Omaledum in Taif, Saudi Arabia. Coat the center of the crater a white layer of salt is believed that the cause of their formation is due to the rain water that collects in the bottom of the crater made up a small shallow lake does not seep into the ground.

- Some researchers believe that they result in a large volcanic eruption is likely, others resulted from the fall of the meteorite, but there is no proof of that. When descending a distance of 15 meters from the surface of the Earth notes that there are many palm trees and plants that grow on the springs and small when descending down the crater to find a few herbs and desert trees arak, which quickly disappear whenever moved the center of the crater, which is a ground salt covered salt forming a color white can be seen clearly from the top of the crater.

- Taif - Saudi Arabia.

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