Check out the most-alien landscapes on earth!

[TheDebbieDee]

I think these photos are absolutely breath-taking...............what do you think? Enjoy.

http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/

[Joe the Revelator]

1. Pretty cool.

[handmade34]

2. WOW. Love them all

[Richardo]

3. Fantastic!

Thanks for posting them :pals:

[tularetom]

4. Awesome photographs

Hard to believe there are 6 billion of us here screwing up the place.

[Mythsaje]

5. I had to laugh at the Oregon pane...

"You wouldn't think there'd be a desert in the Pacific NW, would you?"

ROFL... What do they think Central Oregon and Eastern Washington are? Rain forests?

[Lisa0825]

7. Well, most of the country thinks the whole PNW is rainy all year.

Other than locals or visitors, I am sure that surprised most.

[fujiyama]

14. Last summer I drove through Pasco WA

Complete grassland and incredibly dry and pretty hot.

[XemaSab]

15. The Palouse is one of the coolest areas I have ever been

Amber waves of grain. :)

[pokerfan]

19. Indeed

[Lisa0825]

6. Stunning..... spectacular.... both the landscapes and the photography. nt

[chill_wind]

8. Kick and rec-- fantastic! n/t

[kristopher]

9. Thanks. Those are great! nt

[TheBigotBasher]

10. I want to go burning man

and that picture has convinced me I should.

[kentuck]

11. Those ARE Awesome!

Thanks !!!

[drm604]

12. Wow

Thank you.

[troubledamerican]

13. Brilliant.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

16. Reminds me of some of my own graphic art works.

One Step Too Far

[MicaelS]

17. Thanks so much- K&R

I vote for #7 Black Rock Desert as the most unearthly.

[jmondine]

18. Honorable mention to the Toutle River Valley below Mount St. Helens

Right smack in the middle of the lush greenery of the Pacific Northwest is a strange, barren (but recovering) landscape, with hills, canyons, and an entire eco-system all younger than many of the people on this forum, myself included. And rising above it all is the massive gouged monolith that created it in a matter of minutes.

[wiggs]

20. I was just in Ancient Bristlecone National Forest last week in CA. Crazy stuff too. Thanks

for the link.

[mike_c]

33. me too!

Here's a couple of pics:





What an awesome place!

[wiggs]

34. Ahh...you went all the way to the Patriach Grove and were rewarded! We were

there at the very end of the day...no one there, quiet and reverential. Me and one of my daughters. Could touch them, sit with them, hug them, feel their strength and pain.

Being next to living things as old as the first Egyptian pyramids puts things in perspective!

[petronius]

21. Wow! Those are some great photos

Looks like I need to add a few places to my long-term travel plans...

[cbdo2007]

22. Here's an image of the Richat Structure from Bing maps

Who ever knew this kind of stuff existed? And I have my degree in Geography/Geology but ain't never seen this before.

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=21.119093~-11.516418&style=h&lvl=10&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

zoom in also...it's pretty rad!

[LeftHander]

23. Most excellent...thanks for the wonderful link....nt

[Gabi Hayes]

24. stunning shots, all. but they left out the most barren landscape in the galaxy:

http://greenberg-art.com/.Toons/.Toons,%20favorites/qqxsgBushBrain.gif

[pleah]

25. K&R Fantastic pictures. n/t

[Catshrink]

26. Thank you for posting

I can't wait to show these to my little nephews.

[SIMPLYB1980]

27. Thanks for the link.

Very cool pics!

[central scrutinizer]

28. In some places you can look up and see wonders

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Hastings, Nebraska

http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/june2004hastings-mammatus.html

[LynzM]

29. Really beautiful!

Thanks for sharing these!!

[jakeXT]

30. Looks like you can plant Dragon Blood trees at home

http://rareseedsource.com/proddetail.php?prod=draco

[maxpower]

31. Outstanding

Thanks

[FourScore]

32. Beautiful. k/r n/t

[Lucky Luciano]

35. Fantastic places - All of them!

I have been to Burning Man, but did not know about #7! Such a bloody shame! I will have to go back!

I have been to Torres Del Paine (#11), the red sand dunes of the Namib Desert (Dead Vlei and Sossussvlei are the most famous dunes), and #15 in the Four Corners area. I have so much more to do - these are the kinds of places that I love to travel to more than anything else in the world! I would take this kind of travel over a 5 star Caribbean Beach Resort without a doubt!

One of my favorite websites for travel geeks is www.mosttraveledpeople.com

[alfredo]

36. The Danakil Depression Ethiopia

[Lucky Luciano]

40. Awesome! Will have to put this on my list! nt

[alfredo]

42. Not a nice place to visit and I wouldn't want to live there. Still, it is

beautiful. I used to party up the coast at Massawa. It was hot as hell, but Gin and Tonic was ever present to dull my senses and protect me from malaria.

I believe this is the movie house I used to frequent. The movies were shown against a concrete wall up on the roof. You can see a bit of the wall. I remember watching Robert Stack movies there. He seemed to be popular among Italian filmmakers.



I used to sit under that round structure in the center of the image. My friends and I, high on gin and hashish, would watch fools water skiing inches above the coral, stingrays, sharks and urchins.

[bertman]

37. Beautiful. Thank you, TheDebbieDee.

[ccinamon]

38. Breath taking! Thank you for posting! n/t

[KittyWampus]

39. how strange and beautiful.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

41. Very cool...also, the Salt Flats in Utah.