One (1) Galaxy of glowworms
The luminous light generated by glow worms creates an alien atmosphere
This surreal, otherworldy place can be found in the Waipu Caves on North Island, New Zealand
Two (2) Planetary Phenomenon
The Danakil Depression in Northern Ethiopia is a landscape formed by the conjunction of three tectonic plates and is one of the hottest places on Earth
This badland desert features volcanoes including the active Erta Ale crater lake of magma bubbling from the Earth's core
The Dallol Sulphur Springs located in the same zone are home to organisms that thrive in physically and geochemically extreme conditions
These exceptional conditions have led to investigations as to how life might arise on other planets and moons
Three (3) Twilight Zone
Salar de Uyuni is the World's largest salt flat and is found at high altitude near the Andes in southwest Bolivia
Its exceptional flatness combines with clear skies to create vistas that appear supernatural
Four (4) Celestial Compass
The Haleakala volcano on Maui, Hawaii dominates most of the island with a barren waste - a desolate sight common to some of our planetary neighbours
The clarity of its dry, still air means that it is a highly desirable location for astrophysical research of celestial objects
Five (5) Psychedelic Shock
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, USA, is one of the largest hot springs in the World
Its rainbow of red, orange, yellow, green and blue colours - caused by the action of microbes - match the dispersion of white light by an optical prism
Six (6) Martian Materialization
Hverir is a geothermal area in the shadow of Krafla Caldera in Iceland
This hot and sterile area is characterised by boiling mudpools and steaming fumaroles
This unearthly place with its fetid, toxic atmosphere, devoid of life, envisions a Martian landscape rather than anything terrestrial
Seven (7) Beam of Light
Antelope Gorge is located in Arizona, USA. Water erosion of sandstone has created passages in the rock characteristic for the shafts of light that radiate down that look extraterrestrial in appearance
Eight (8) Heavenly Vision
Pammukkale or 'Cotton Castle' in Turkish can be found in southwestern Turkey
Natural pools are formed by water leaving carbonate as it flows over terraces
These hanging white limestone terraces appear heavenly and out of this world
Nine (9) Universal Colours
Gansu Zhangye National Geopark in China is characterised by its unusually beautiful landforms formed in sandstone from the action of natural erosion
Its colourful rock formations appear alien to our planet
Ten (10) Extraterrestrial monolith
Uluru /Ayers Rock is one of Australia's most recognisable landmarks
This sandstone inselberg not only seems alien to its surroundings...
...but also appears to change colour, glowing red at dawn and sunset - as if it were some otherworldly arrival
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