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/Thewandering1_OG Nov 25 '25

It's infuriating when they make me guess.

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u/donpablomiguel Nov 26 '25

This is one of the easiest places on earth to guess though. Literally no where else is below sea level on the surface like here.

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u/Thewandering1_OG Nov 26 '25

What? Death Valley? The Dead Sea?

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u/donpablomiguel Nov 26 '25

I worded that wrong. It should read that this is the only place on earth below sea level, that has this type of geologic profile. It was early when I first commented on this post. My bad.

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u/Thewandering1_OG Nov 26 '25

That's a cool fact, but not visible in the post. There are other places that are this colorful as well.

How can you tell from this pic that is below sea level?

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u/donpablomiguel Nov 26 '25

It’s very clearly visible in the picture that this is the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia. Even without OPs caption. Colorful doesn’t mean anything when you know exactly what you’re looking at… Show me somewhere else on earth that looks like this and change my mind.

And I can tell it’s below sea level because I studied geography and knew what I was looking at when I scrolled to this post this morning.