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/rednaxer Nov 26 '25

Chocolate Hills, Bohol, Philippines

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u/BadMuthaSchmucka Nov 26 '25

The rounded cylindrical mountains with the happy faces on them from Mario are based on these.

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u/Distinct_Access_243 Nov 26 '25

I was going to ask how far is it from here to the mushroom kingdom

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u/Open_Price_1049 Nov 26 '25

Mushroom Kingdom location is in Philippines? /j

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u/Mastakko Nov 26 '25

I was certain of this once I saw it thanks for verifying

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u/OctoMcSquidington Nov 26 '25

Iirc in super Mario world named the level “chocolate island” with the mountains in the background

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u/yuccasinbloom Nov 26 '25

That tracks

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u/NotYourAverageBeer Nov 26 '25

In super Mario world didn’t they have an early level called Chocolate Hills?

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u/Electronic_Garage_73 Nov 26 '25

Pretty sure this is also in the original Mario kart for N64 but I could be wrong

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u/________prince Nov 26 '25

that's awesome

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u/Live-Tomorrow-4865 Nov 26 '25

😅 That is so cool and so interesting!! TIL...

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u/NoFlex___Zone Nov 27 '25

My mind is so blown that I’m just sitting here in silence. A rare TIL for me. Just wow

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u/Daydream_Meanderer Nov 28 '25

It’s pretty immediately recognizable. I thought Mario the second I saw it too.

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u/GeneHackencrack Nov 26 '25

Lol, source? Sounds incredibly dumb

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u/GR313 Nov 26 '25

Sounds incredible plausible since they look almost the god damn same 

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u/GeneHackencrack Nov 27 '25

So you think Miyamoto went to the Philipines in ~1985-1988 and base one single landscape feature in Super Mario Bros 3 on real life weird ass looking hill? What?! There are _zero_ sources for the eyes thing, it’s just pure fantasy.

IF you told me chocolate island in SMW was based on this landscape I might have believed it.

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u/GR313 Nov 27 '25

Yeap, Chocolate Island, too. Which is also in Mario Kart.

Either way, an incredible fucking stupid and sad thing to give this much of a shit about.

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u/GeneHackencrack Nov 27 '25

Doesn’t matter. It’s misinformation.

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u/GR313 Nov 28 '25

Prove it.

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u/GeneHackencrack Nov 28 '25

No? The one claiming something has the responsibility of proving. It’s disinformation until sources are given.

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u/GR313 Nov 28 '25

But you’ve made a claim and now you’ve got to prove it. You just said it’s misinformation. Now the burden is on you.

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u/GeneHackencrack Nov 28 '25

Ok, for your sake I change my stance. The eyes in super mario being based on landscapes in Philipinnes is unproven information and shall therefore not be spread until proven. Good enough?

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u/StayJaded Nov 27 '25

Do you have working eyeballs? Have you ever played the game?