Wish I could help but I'm stuck in the same place and have tried the exact same thing (took me a long time to find the goggles).
Yeah - same with the goggles. I went looking one screen into the desert (east of the hydro thing) thinking they might be there. Went back and was just staring at the screen trying to figure out what to do when I started looking at the skeletons - and thought "Someone went out and got spit out" - and that's when I suddenly saw them. lol
Hold on - I just saw the screenshot here - am I missing yet another piece?
Looks like I am missing a circular piece?
https://itch.io/post/2665606
4 years ago(+1)
If you failed in the worm once, did you have a problem with your mouse cursor vanishing the second time?
I didn't have an issue going back in. However, someone else reported a camera issue.
https://itch.io/t/1219734/v4-re-entering-sandworm-breaks-camera