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.
Ceux-là avaient l'extérieur  totalement dépouillé, et il ne restait que le vieux noyau, et au milieu du Sahara, j'avais l'impression de voir la Terre dépouillée de sa peau vivante.