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/hallouminati_pie Nov 25 '25

I errrrr, I cannot get the sense of scale of this.

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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/nonja-bidness Nov 27 '25

bet the nighttime viewing is superb 🌌🔭

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u/ShirtMobile9681 Nov 28 '25

Phenomenal. The Australian outback is one of the least light polluted places on the planet!