The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth

I found this page and thought I would share. There are some beautiful and most definitely strange looking things. Enjoy!

www.darkroastedblend.com...

Edit to add some of the pics from the link above.



















[edit on 11-9-2008 by no name needed]

Thanks for sharing these images with us.

I find these trees just amazing. They look like giant mushrooms!

reply to post by ziggystar60


You are most welcome. I encourage others to post other unusual earthbound images that fall in this category.

I am taking you up on that offer, and post an image of the fantastic Giant's Causeway in Ireland. It’s an area made up of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. The steps are the result of an ancient volcanic eruption.



More photos of these wonderful formations here:

slorker.com...

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Those mushroom trees resemble foliage seen in mars landscape images.

Nice images from a strange terrestrial land.

reply to post by ziggystar60


Very nice pic! A star for your efforts. Keep 'em coming!

Here is another one I found. Although not nearly "Alien" looking

Yet another bizarre plant. Our planet seems full of them!

Here are a few more. Strange!

reply to post by ziggystar60


Thanks for sharing the link. I find this one absolutely stunning!

I don't have any pictures to add I just want to keep this thread going...star and flag! Very interesting photos, indeed. Sometimes people forget that our own planet isn't so boring after all.

Originally posted by Alexander_Supertramp
I don't have any pictures to add I just want to keep this thread going...star and flag! Very interesting photos, indeed. Sometimes people forget that our own planet isn't so boring after all.

Thank you for keeping it going. I would like for people to continue to contribute. Not just plants, but "alien" looking landscapes too. As the thread grows with more examples, I like to imagine each of these elements (plants and landscapes) jumbled together, so as to imagine how bizarre life and landscapes on other inhabited planets will be at a MINIMUM. Thanks for the star and flag! I will continue to add more as I find them and as time allows.

Wow cool. Maybe there are some man-eating plants on this planet

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thank you for the contribution! Keep 'em coming as you find then. Star for you!

Yet another one. These are some huge lilypads at nearly 5-feet+ diameter.

amazing thanks for sharing....

All photos by the author.

Wow! Really cool pictures!

Sometimes, the weirdest things are right out in our own back yard!




Peace,
FK

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To me that cactus tree is not bizarre. There are tons of them here in Aruba. In my old highschool there was/is (should be still there) a huge one.