Colonel Moammar Gaddafi at the formal inauguration of Phase I of the project, in August 1991. The Libyan leader has played a major role throughout the project, taking a close interest in its progress and describing it as the "eighth wonder of the world".
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Map of Libya; the GMR project draws water from aquifers beneath the Sahara... -
Excavation work in the desert. Phase 1 of the project alone required 85... -
Schematic map of the project. Designed in five phases, which eventually... -
Computer simulation of a Phase III control room. The project's communication... -
The Libyan Desert, not far from Ajdabiya, on the Phase I route. Little is... -
Colonel Moammar Gaddafi at the formal inauguration of Phase I of the project,...
