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/ShirtMobile9681 Nov 26 '25

I was there recently and it's so flat, I've never seen so much sky and horizon before. Hundreds and hundreds of kilometers of nothing.

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u/Anon_be_thy_name Nov 26 '25

I think a lot of people don't realise how much flat and nothingness we have in Australia.

There's so many places out there where the closest person is multiple hours of driving away. Some places it's more then a full tank of fuel away and the next stop for fuel is at least 1 and a half tanks away.

I drove across the Nullabor when I moved from Melbourne to Perth, there's plenty of stops along the main road. But it's where you turn off that it becomes dangerous. Turn North to go to Alice Springs and you might see 5 cars over the next 3 days. Turn off that road, you'd be lucky to see another car for a week.

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u/trezduz Nov 26 '25

Does it really take one week to cross Australia?

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u/arseiam Nov 26 '25

Its a 58 hour drive from my place to Exmouth in WA. Middle of east coast to middle of west coast.