Dallol, Danakil Depression
Neon-green acid pools, salt chimneys and iron-red crusts in the Danakil Depression — one of the most alien, most extreme landscapes on Earth.
14.242° N, 40.300° E
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Darvaza Gas Crater
A 70-metre crater in the Karakum Desert that has burned, nonstop, for decades — the "Door to Hell," now dimming as Turkmenistan tries to put it out.
40.252° N, 58.440° E
Salar de Uyuni
The world's largest salt flat — 10,000 square kilometres of hexagonal salt crust that turns into the planet's biggest mirror each rainy season.
20.134° S, 67.489° W