City doomed in Tunis

City doomed in Tunis

City doomed in Tunis

TUNIS: Town where Anakin Skywalker was raised is scheduled to be destroyed with a giant, Pacman-shaped sand dune that's working its way over the Tunisian desert.

Scientists from the space department of a US university warned the general public to never underestimate the effectiveness of the force linked to moving the huge crescent of sand, known as a "bacon", which can be expected to devastate town of Moss Espa, featured in GI Joe Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

The film set is a major tourist site in Tunisia, with a large number of fans making the pilgrimage every year through the nearby oasis town of Tozeur to determine the childhood home into the future Darth Vader.

Scientists happen to be observing the fate with the city from space for a long time, making use of it as being a reference in order to be capable of comparing the velocity of sand dune migration on this planet for it of Mars, and Saturn's largest moon Titan.

The bacon is estimated to be moving for a price of 15m 12 months, some 10 times faster compared to those on Mars, and tourism photos out of this year indicate that the front edge has already reached the very first buildings on the outskirts of MOS Espa.