Planet Earth's Best Unearthly Landscapes

Cappadocia, Turkey

Cappadocia, Turkey



With its beautiful fairy flues, gorges of tumbling cliffs, and labyrinthine secretive cities, Cappadocia is outer space as it might have been anticipated by Jim Henson: quaint, charming, pictorial and appealing.




Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Lanzarote, Canary Islands



Armstrong and Aldrin would feel right at home in the astonishing volcanic moonscape of central Lanzarote. The radiant jade waters of El Golfo Crater could even entice them to shrug off those unwieldy spacesuits and go for a swim.



Nazca Lines, Peru

Nazca Lines



One of Peru's most impressive, inspiring, striking and enigmatic sights, the mystifying Nazca Lines could without difficulty be erroneous for the doodling of primeval astronauts. Profound in barren desert, and merely evident from the air, these baffling lines will without doubt stir your imagination.



Nubra Valley, Ladakh, India

Nubra Valley



Acknowledged as 'Moonland', Ladakh is bound by peaks and encompassed of mountains. Human habitation is meager, and throughout the wild wintry weather, the district is only slightly easier to arrive at than the moon itself. The daunting, hostile Nubra Valley is its untamed astral spirit.

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