Martian Landscapes

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

A spectacular impact crater in the rugged heart of Central Australia.

The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.

Hundreds of stones dangle from barren trees in the middle of the desert.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

Huge spherical rocks in the middle of the prairie.

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.