Life on Mars, in Egypt

I have just come back from Mars. Or, at least, a place so unearthly that it is what I imagine snapshots from a holiday jaunt to Mars – or Uranus, or Jupiter – would look like. Black pitted landscapes of rippling rock. Mineral-rich conical mountains in shimmering oranges and emerald greens. Chalk pinnacles that rise out of the sand in shapes that seem to have fallen straight out of a surrealist painting. It’s a thoroughly alien environment supplanted firmly on earth. This is Egypt’s Western Desert.

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14 thoughts on “Life on Mars, in Egypt”

Cancun Airport Transportation on September 15, 2014 at 4:03 am said:

WoW
Adventures in Kevin's World on September 15, 2014 at 4:19 am said:

Hope you had a great trip. Lots of the photos looked like they could have been from the Bisti Badlands in New Mexico, US.
- jess111 on September 15, 2014 at 5:22 am said:
  
  I’ve been meaning to get to New Mexico for YEARS! A lot of Americans have said how similar some of the landscapes are to my favourite Middle Eastern deserts.
  - Adventures in Kevin's World on September 15, 2014 at 8:20 am said:
    
    Bisti badlands are one of my favorites. Only went there twice, but WOW what scenery.
    http://www.americansouthwest.net/new_mexico/bisti_badlands/
    When you go, take me! (and someday I’ll get to the middle east and beg you for a tour)
  - themodernidiot on September 15, 2014 at 11:58 am said:
    
    Yup, our Southwest is LOADED with good stuff. It’s similar to three places I know for sure: the Med, the Mid East, and Australia. But it actually has quite a diverse landscape depending on the seasons. Come on over. We’d love to have you! 🙂
Moritz on September 15, 2014 at 1:46 pm said:

That really looks cool. The dessert has its very own charme.
Iulia Alexandra Oprea on September 15, 2014 at 7:09 pm said:

I’d love to travel to the Egyptian Mars…
seotrekkingmart on September 16, 2014 at 6:24 am said:

Those pictures look really cool.
brittanymark2014 on September 21, 2014 at 2:33 pm said:

Beautiful description.
graail on September 23, 2014 at 6:55 pm said:

i just love your pictures ❤

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tylerhunt103 on October 1, 2014 at 2:22 am said:

This is a place i forever want to go. Ive been to the grand canyon, the closes I’ve come to mar. Awesome photos by the way. You got you point across.
cliffsofdover123 on October 6, 2014 at 4:35 am said:

Interesting.
CheerfulDalliance on December 4, 2014 at 8:57 pm said:

Wow, great captures. You don’t normally see those types of landscapes when you think of Egypt! 🙂
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