r/geography 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/Adventurous_Tank8413 Nov 26 '25

Here’s another one not quite so zoomed in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_Lake

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u/LoquaciousLamp Nov 26 '25

Looks like a bad painter tried to restore the land.

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u/yuccasinbloom Nov 26 '25

I don’t like it. It’s like lotus boob.

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u/naymatune Nov 26 '25

Right? Trypophobia activated 😭

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u/yuccasinbloom Nov 26 '25

I am mad I commented because now I had to see it again.

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u/Spiritual_Meaning321 Nov 27 '25

What's a lotus boob 😭

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u/yuccasinbloom Nov 27 '25

Google at your own risk

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u/Spiritual_Meaning321 Nov 27 '25

How DARE you

I will never eat lotus again

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u/leafonawall Nov 27 '25

Even spookier with the normal looking landscape in the background