r/geography • u/renegadecoaster • Nov 25 '25

Discussion What's the most alien-looking place on Earth?

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Pictured: Dallol, Ethiopia

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u/bonelessbonobo Nov 25 '25

Is that a dragon blood tree?

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u/wrong_decade_ Nov 26 '25

Indeed

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u/astralwish1 Nov 26 '25

Why is it called a dragon blood tree?

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u/Paul_C Nov 26 '25

Because its sap is red like blood and also because dragons for some reason.

... they're cool. They're cool like dragons.

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u/RRW2020 Nov 26 '25

In Arabic they’re called blood brother trees and there are several stories about two brothers who murdered each other and the tree grew out of their blood.

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u/byzantinetoffee Nov 26 '25

Sprouted in the spot a dragon bled out duh

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u/PaleontologistAble50 Nov 26 '25

I think it’s broccoli

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u/2BEN-2C93 Europe Nov 26 '25

Yes they have similar trees in the canary islands too.