photo essay: the most alien landscapes on earth good ، photo essay: the most alien landscapes on earth good
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1. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia – The largest salt flat in the world reflects the sky during the wet season (above). In the dry winter months, it becomes a mosaic of salt tiles (below).
2. Antarctica – Icebergs drift in dark Antarctic waters.
3. The Richat Structure, near Ouadane, Mauritania – A circular feature, 50 km across, in the middle of the otherwise featureless Mauritanian Sahara. Picture courtesy of NASA.
4. Alvord Playa, southeastern Oregon, USA – You might not expect to find a desert in the Pacific Northwest, but this dry lake bed averages only 180 mm of rain a year.
5. Cappadocia, Turkey – Fairy chimneys dominate the landscape between Cavusin and Zelve.
6. Socotra Island, Yemen – Socotra’s isolation in the Indian Ocean has given rise to plant life you won’t see anywhere else. Behold the dragon’s blood tree.
7. Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA – Best known as the s***ing grounds for Burning Man, the Black Rock Desert is also home to alien features such as the Fly Geyser.
8. Black and White Deserts, Egypt – Egypt’s deserts come in many colors, including Black (above) and White (below).
9. Kauai, Hawaii – Seaside lava ledges make for otherworldly experiences on this often-overlooked Hawaiian island.
10. Namib Desert, Namibia – Sand rarely gets as red as it does in the deserts of Namibia.
11. Torres del Paine, Chile – The most alien of the 8 Natural Wonders of Chile, Torres del Paine’s mountain spires cut into the blue sky.
12. Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan – Lowest point on Earth, deepest salt lake in the world, saltier than the ocean…the list of the Dead Sea’s bizarreness is a long one.
13. Strokkur Geyser, southwestern Iceland – Visitors to the Strokkur Geyser are rewarded with this display every five minutes or so.
14. Lake Turkana, Kenya – Lake Turkana lies in Africa’s Great Rift Valley. Its salty waters comprise the world’s largest desert lake.
15. Four Corners region, USA – The Colorado Plateau gets funky at the Arizona-Utah border. That’s where you’ll find Vermilion Cliffs National Monument (above) and Monument Valley (below).
16. Chocolate Hills, Bohol, Philippines – Over 1,700 naturally formed mounds (covered with chocolate brown grass in the dry season) dot the center of the island of Bohol.
17. The Sahara – The world’s largest hot desert is as big as the entire U.S. Get stranded out here and you’ll wish you really were on an alien world.
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