{"id":97185590,"date":"2017-02-22T19:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T19:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/?p=97185590"},"modified":"2017-02-22T19:01:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T19:01:06","slug":"out-of-this-world-landscapes-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/out-of-this-world-landscapes-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of This World Landscapes… On Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone who\u2019s ever been infected with travel wanderlust has fantasized about visiting another world.<\/p>\n

The dream of whisking off to planets with fantastical landscapes, and bizarre natural wonders unlike anything on terra firma<\/em> is pretty appealing.\u00a0But as much as we\u2019re rooting for Elon Musk and the possibility of private space companies, it doesn\u2019t look like world tourism is going to happen in our lifetime. That leaves two options\u2014taking in the breathtaking views of Mars on our computers<\/a> (thanks NASA), or trekking to some uniquely non-Earth-like locales right here on our home planet. Obviously, we\u2019re fans of the latter.<\/p>\n

Here are 10 other worldly<\/em> destinations you can visit right here on good old Earth.<\/p>\n

Pamukkale, Turkey<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Marvel at aqua blue water pools set in a white calcium fortress towering above you, then consider that these thermal pools<\/a> in western Turkey<\/a>,\u00a0only about an hour’s flight from Istanbul,\u00a0have been healing visitors since the days of ancient Rome.<\/p>\n

Lake<\/strong> Natron, Tanzania<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The saline lake of Tanzania\u2019s Arusha region is world-renowned for its red and orange hues, caused by, as we all know, \u00a0its cyanobacteria\u2019s photosynthesizing pigment! But beware, the alkaline water\u2019s high PH can actually burn your skin. The ghostly preserved animals<\/a> that have died in the lake will make you feel like you’re visiting an extraterrestrial environment. Tread carefully!<\/p>\n

Fingal\u2019s Cave, Scotland<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Dare to venture close to this alien looking cave<\/a> on the uninhabited Scottish <\/a>island of Staffa, and you’ll be amazed by the naturally-formed hexagonal basalt columns, and the famous acoustics! It’s gaelic name, An Uaimh Bhinn<\/em>, means the melodious cave.<\/p>\n

Fly<\/strong> Geyser, Nevada<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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This\u00a0man-made geothermal geyser<\/a>, was accidentally made by well drillers in the 1960s. Sitting on a private ranch in Washoe County, Nevada, it’s surrounded by a fence preventing visitors from getting too close, which is OK, because it\u2019s big enough (and weird enough) to see from a distance. This will really make you feel like you\u2019re not on Earth!<\/p>\n

Zhangye Danxia, China<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Walking anywhere around this awesome geological park located in the Gansu province, China<\/a>, will make you feel like an astronaut! Zhangye Danxia<\/a>\u00a0features uniquely colorful rock formations that will take your breath away!<\/p>\n

Wadi<\/strong> Rum, Jordan<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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A valley through granite and sandstone in southern Jordan, Wadi Rum is so otherworldly that it\u2019s nickname is valley of the moon<\/em>. But while that, and the fact that it doubled for Mars in the film The Martian<\/em>, may make it sound desolate, it\u2019s actually a seriously popular tourist attraction<\/a>. Check it out.<\/p>\n

Svinafellsjokull Glacier, Iceland<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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With a bleak and frozen landscape, it\u2019s understandable why this glacier in Iceland\u2019s Vatnajokull National Park<\/a>\u00a0was used as a stand-in for a frozen planet in the 2014 movie, Interstellar<\/em>. While it can look intimidatingly uninhabitable, the experience is totally amazing, and well worth the trip to Iceland.<\/p>\n

Vaadhoo Island, Maldives<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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An inhabited section of the Raa Atoll in the Indian Ocean, Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives, is famous for its sea of stars, a unique illumination created by bioluminescent phytoplankton washing onto the shore at night. Paddle around amidst the glowingly alien lights of Vaadhoo, as you gaze up at the stars above.<\/p>\n

Mount<\/strong> Roraima, Venezuela<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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One look at this peek in the Canaima National Park, Venezuela, with it\u2019s sheer cliff sides and flat rock top, jutting out of the morning fog, and you\u2019ll think it was created\u00a0by aliens. But in fact, it\u2019s naturally forming and just asking you to hike to the top!<\/a><\/p>\n

Salar De<\/strong> Uyuni, Bolivia<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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No matter how you look at the world\u2019s largest salt flat<\/a>, located in Bolivia, \u00a0you\u2019ll probably do a double take at its unearthly vista. With flat lands stretching out into an unending horizon, and standing water reflecting the sky like a perfect mirror, you can truly feel you’re on a distant planet.<\/p>\n

[perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Think we missed an out-of-this-world destination<\/a>? Let us know in the comments section below.[\/perfectpullquote]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone who\u2019s ever been infected with travel wanderlust has fantasized about visiting another world. The dream of whisking off to planets with fantastical landscapes, and bizarre natural wonders unlike anything on terra firma is pretty appealing.\u00a0But as much as we\u2019re rooting for Elon Musk and the possibility of private space companies, it doesn\u2019t look like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":97185592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,1416],"tags":[2706,2707],"class_list":["post-97185590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure-travel","category-travel-guide","tag-space","tag-weird-destination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97185590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97185590"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97185590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97185593,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97185590\/revisions\/97185593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97185592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97185590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97185590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97185590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}