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.
وكانت قد جُردت بعيداً كلها، وكل ما تُرك هو باطنها القديم، وفي وسط الصحراء، شعرت وكأنني أرى الأرض في جلدها العاري.