The Most Extraordinarily Sci-Fi Places On Planet Earth
Most of us have only been able to see the planet since 1972. Amazing as it might seem, we had no idea what our floating rock really looked like until the infamous "Blue Marble" photo was taken by Apollo 17.
There are some exceedingly strange places on this planet, which can make you think you're looking at another planet. Like one producers could have dreamt up on a television show. As the saying goes, reality is weirder than any fiction we could draw inspiration from.
You can get immersed in the wonders of the 50 strangest secrets the world is hiding here:
If you'd like to explore them in greater detail for yourself:
- Lake Hillier, Australia
- Darvaza Gas Crater, Turkmenisation
- Hinatuan River, Philippines
- Richat Structure, Mauritania
- Catatumbo River, Venezuela
- Atacama Desert, Chile
- Namib Desert, Namibia
- Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize
- Dongchuan Red Land, China
- Badab-e-Surt, Iran
- Tianzi Mountains, China
- Socotra, Yemen
- Bohol Island, Philippines
- Panjin Beach, China
- Great Rann of Kutch, India
- Danakil Depression, Ethiopia
- Miao Room, China
- Kawah Ijen, Indonesia
- Ik-Kil Park, Mexico
- Vaadhoo Beach, Maldives
- Breidamerkurjokull, Iceland
- Loktak Lake, India
- Kyoto Forest, Japan
- Lake Kaindy, Kazakhstan
- Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius
- Qrendi, Malta
- Cano Cristales River, Colombia
- Phong Nha-Ke Bang Park, China
- Ilha De Queimada Grande, Brazil
- Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia
- Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
- Lake Baikal, Russia
- Chile Chico, Chile
- Klevan, Ukraine
- Naika Mine, Mexico
- Kitakyushu, Japan
- Rio Tinto, Spain
- Mount Roraima, Venezuela
- Zhangye Danxia Park, China
- Ascension Island, Atlantic
- Mutnovsky, Russia
- Iguazu Falls, Argentina
- Kamchatka Krai, Russia
- Waitato, New Zealand
- Goreme, Turkey
- Los Glaciares Park, Argentina
- Huacachina, Peru
- Mount Kelimutu, Indonesia
- Pamukkale, Turkey
- Antelope Canyon, Arizona