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Grand Mosque of Touba, Senegal

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“Shaikh Aamadu Bàmba Mbàkke, commonly known as "Cheikh Amadou Bamba" (1853-1927), is said to have founded Touba under a large tree when, in a moment of transcendence, he experienced a cosmic vision of light. In Arabic, ṭūbā means "felicity" or "bliss" and evokes the sweet pleasures of eternal life in the hereafter. In Islamic tradition, Ṭūbā is also the name of the Tree of Paradise. In Sufism, this symbolic tree represents an aspiration for spiritual perfection and closeness to God.
Aamadu Bàmba founded Touba in 1887. The holy site remained a tiny, isolated place in the wilderness until his death and burial at the site of the Great Mosque, 40 years later. The Great Mosque was finally completed in 1963 and since its inauguration the city has grown at a rapid pace: from under 5,000 inhabitants in 1964, the population was officially estimated at 529,000 in 2007. Along with the neighboring town of Mbacké (founded by Aamadu Bàmba's great-grandfather in 1796), the Mouride conurbation is Senegal's second largest urban area, after the capital region of Dakar.” Wikipedia

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Dust off Western Africa

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A dust plume spanning hundreds of kilometers blew off the coast of western Africa on February 6, 2012. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite took this picture the same day.

West of Mauritania, the dust is thick enough to hide the ocean surface below. Part of the Cape Verde archipelago dimly shows through the plume. Clouds floating overhead cast their shadows on the dust.

Distinct plumes blow off the coast of Western Sahara over the ocean, but the large veil of dust in the southwest likely arose farther inland. Sandy desert covers most of Mauritania, and those sand seas may have provided the material for most of the dust in this image. The clouds in the southeast are part of a large cloudbank stretching over western Africa. This large cloudbank could be associated with the weather pattern that blew the dust off the coast.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott.

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USS Simpson arrives in Dakar for refueling

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120207-N-IZ292-203: DAKAR, Senegal (Feb. 7, 2012) – Electronics Technician 3rd Class Jonathan Salas heaves a mooring line to a tugboat as the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) arrives in Dakar for refueling. Simpson, homeported out of Mayport, Fla., is currently conducting theater security cooperation and maritime security operations in the Naval Forces Africa area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Felicito Rustique/Released)

USS Simpson arrives in Dakar for refueling

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120207-N-IZ292-106: DAKAR, Senegal (Feb. 7, 2012) – Sailors stand a sea-and-anchor detail on the forecastle of the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) as the ship arrives in Dakar for refueling. Simpson, homeported out of Mayport, Fla., is currently conducting theater security cooperation and maritime security operations in the Naval Forces Africa area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Felicito Rustique/Released)

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Views of the Gorée Island, Sénégal

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Violaine Martin Geneva posted a photo:

Mr Ndongo Diao, Director General of ARTP, Sénégal; his delegation; Dr Hamadoun Touré, ITU Secretary-General; and Mr Mario Maniewicz, ITU, at the Memorendum of understanding signing for the GILF-GSR 2010, at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2010, Guadalajara, Mexico