One of the most mythical locations of Star Wars, is Owen’s house and Beru Lars, Tíos de Luke Skywalker and where the protagonist of the popular film saga grew.
The abúlica farm is close to the city of Tozeur, in the desert Tunisia, in North Africa. In the feature film, the exact place is called Lars Homestead (La Granja Lars)and is located inside Chott the Djerid, the largest salt lake in Tunisia.
space Station Chamber captures mysterious structures near the place where Star Wars was recorded
It is not the only sterile landscape in the country. A camera aboard the International Space Station (EEI) He captured curious brands that extend through the Tunisian desert: Symbols so distinctive that seem written in the sand.
The images, captured on April 15, come from “Spacetv-1 ″, one of the three high-definition cameras that the Sen company operates aboard the US. These cameras transmit 4K video of the earth’s surface while they are coupled to the station, which orbit 402 kilometers high to 27,500 km/h.
One of these cameras is the that directly observes our planet and covers a scene of approximately 250 by 150 kilometers. In fact, the camera transmits 24 hours uninterruptedly, and can be seen in Real time and 4K quality by any person through YouTube.
And precisely, one of these recordings recently showed what they seem to be huge “Mysterious writings recorded in the sand”as explained by the company.
“This caught our attention”said Charles Black, founder of Sen, in an interview with Mashable When asked about the strange brands.
Sen’s video (below) shows the patterns in marked contrast with the arid plains of Tunisia. While the forms seem cryptic at first glance, the company finally explained what they were.
“While it may seem like a cryptic message, It is actually a surprising view of agricultural patterns in the desert landscape”, Reads in the title that accompanies the video on the YouTube channel of Sen.
Black added that the goal is not always to immediately identify the scenes that record their cameras. “We want the public to participate,” he explains to Mashable. “It’s about promoting debate, discussion and interest. We will identify the location, but we want viewers to decide, discuss and comment.”
Real -time spatial data
Sen, founded in 2007 and based in the United Kingdom, focuses according to its own definition, on making space data accessible to the public, from the observation of the Earth in real time to information on space events.
Its cameras are mounted in a module of the European Space Agency (ESA) aboard an Airbus platform, which provides energy and access to NASA’s communication channels. Install cameras in the US is not simple: The Sen system had to overcome rigorous electromagnetic interference tests and three NASA security revisions before its implementation, according to the Petapixel site.
The Tunisian desert is not the only place where Sen’s cameras have captured shocking phenomena. Recent videos include columns of smoke from forest fires in Kansas and Veracruz, as well as fishing boats near the Falkland Islands, where bright LED sets create a disturbing visible shine from orbit.
For Black, the attractiveness of live broadcast resides in its unpredictability. “Every time you connect, you see something different,” He said in the interview. “You never know what you can see.”
