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"The most alien-looking place on Earth"

Post by being lonely » Apr 16, 2015 Views: 734

There's a small island that has been called "the most alien-looking place on Earth" so many times that it's impossible to even attribute the observation to a single source.
It's the Yemeni island of Socotra, sometimes spelled Soqotra.
It's part of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, in between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
One-third of Socotra's plants are unique and not found anywhere else on Earth.
In the 1990s, a team of scientists studied the island as part of a United Nations biology survey. They discovered 700 endemic plants. For perspective, the only other places in the world that have this kind of biodiversity are Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands and New Caledonia.
Researchers believe that the plant species developed from the island's heat and drought alongside Socotra's isolation - it's 150 miles from the nearest landmass - are responsible for the plants.
The resulting landscape is a combination of semi-desert and tropical desert.




















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Post by Abner321 » Apr 16, 2015

I have no idea that Yemen has such kind of diverse places to go there. But after seeing these amazing photos I must say it is worth seeing region of the world for nature as well as adventure lovers. These sights are really looking imagery and have alien look... and seems like it is another planet not Earth.


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