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The recent landing of the NASA rover Curiosity on Mars got us thinking. What are the most otherworldly places on Earth? Take a look at our gallery of “alien” worlds that are actually, right here on our very own planet (our featured image is courtesy of NASA Goddard Photo and Video).

Would you like to see 6 more otherworldly places?

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Salar Uyuni (Bolivia) – the world’s largest salt flats

 

 

Hverir (Iceland) – solfatare

 

 

Coyote Buttes (Arizona, USA) – “The Wave” sandstone rock formation

 

 

Atacama Desert (Chile) – The driest desert in the world

 

 

The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)

 

 

Perito Moreno Glacier (Argentina) – One of the few glaciers in the world that’s growing

 

 

White Sands (New Mexico, USA) – A desert that’s cool to touch

 

 

 

Written by insider city guide series Hg2 | A Hedonist’s guide to…

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Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.

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