<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ec188b08-734d-40ad-91a6-ad7173fbd8ee/3F71066F-18EC-42CD-A942-12CFA7E7571E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/" href="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/" style="font-size: 11px;">matadortrips.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/">Photo Essay: The Most Alien Landscapes on Earth</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Sunset reflection on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien01.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">1.</SPAN> Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Salt flat expanse of Salar de Uyuni" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien02.jpg" /> <P>Photographer: <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/74102049@N00/">Sergio Pessolano</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Antarctic iceberg, deep blue" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien03.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">2.</SPAN> Antarctica</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="The Richat Structure from space" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien04.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">3.</SPAN> The Richat Structure, near Ouadane, Mauritania</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Sunset over Alvord Playa, Oregon" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien05.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">4.</SPAN> Alvord Playa, southeastern Oregon, USA</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Fairy chimneys in Cappadocia" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien07.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">5.</SPAN> Cappadocia, Turkey</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Dragon's blood tree on Socotra Island" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien06.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">6.</SPAN> Socotra Island, Yemen</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Fly Geyser in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien08.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">7.</SPAN> Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Egypt's Black Desert" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien09.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">8.</SPAN> Black and White Deserts, Egypt</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Egypt's White Desert" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien10.jpg" /> <P>Photographer: <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tronics/">tronics</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Lava ledge and ocean wave on Kauai, Hawaii" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien11.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">9.</SPAN> Kauai, Hawaii</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Red sand dunes in the Namib Desert" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien12.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">10.</SPAN> Namib Desert, Namibia</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Torres del Paine, Chile, blue lake and mountain spires" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien13.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">11.</SPAN> Torres del Paine, Chile</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Dead Sea from the air" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien14.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">12.</SPAN> Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Eruption of Strokkur Geyser in Iceland" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien15.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">13.</SPAN> Strokkur Geyser, southwestern Iceland</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Windy shores of Lake Turkana, Kenya" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien16.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">14.</SPAN> Lake Turkana, Kenya</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Hiker in the Vermilion Cliffs" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien17.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">15.</SPAN> Four Corners region, USA</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Twin towers in Monument Valley, USA" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien18.jpg" /> <P>Photographer: <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfgangstaudt/">Wolfgang Staudt</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Chocolate Hills, Bohol Philippines" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien19.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">16.</SPAN> Chocolate Hills, Bohol, Philippines</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Endless sand dunes in the Sahara" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien20.jpg" /> <P><SPAN class="number">17.</SPAN> The Sahara</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-most-alien-landscapes-on-earth/"><IMG alt="Tunisian Sahara" src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadortrips.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20090625-alien21.jpg" /> <P>“Tunisian Sahara: Desert Stop!” Photographer: <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andzer/">andzer</A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3F71066F-18EC-42CD-A942-12CFA7E7571E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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