A strange illusion!  My daughter Megan and I were reviewing Nethy’s progress on Google earth this evening after school, we usually each put placemarks on the map to see who guesses closest to Nethy’s next position.  We had the map zoomed out so that Nethy’s current position was at the top right side of the window and the west coast of Africa was visible on the left.  My daughter then pointed out to me that Deshar was in Mauritania showing his sister how to get to her destination.  I paused for a second and asked her to clarify what she meant.  “Just above the ‘M’ in Mauritania you can see his eye, he is looking towards the coast where his sister needs to get to, she is riding on his back!”  I looked again, squinted a bit, and sure enough I could see exactly what she meant.  In central Mauritania there is what appears to be an impact crater or volcano with a dark band running west to east, a white ‘head’ surrounds this and a white/brown swathe of land sweeps down into Mali, his belly and legs.  The Mottled Sahara to the north east represents his back and wings.  See if you can make it out!  Although obviously a trick on the eye, a nice thought non the less.