Showing posts with label socotra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label socotra. Show all posts

August 11, 2010

socotra islands

Today i am especially in awe of our beautiful world.

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Did you know that somewhere in the Indian Ocean, between Somalia in Africa & Yemen, lies a magical island archipaelogo called Socotra? It is often called the most fascinating place on Earth, as well as the most alien-looking.

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The coast of Socotra.

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Because of its isolation (it separated from the African continent about 6 million years ago), one-third of its plant life is endemic to the island.

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The dragon's blood tree.

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the Desert rose, also called elephant's leg.

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Highest point of the island at 1700m, Haggier Mountains.

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Houses. I feel like Inception took its idea from here! Socotra was recently listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, which put pressure on the Yemeni government to build roads on the island. Imagine!

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This place doesnt even look like it belongs on earth... which is what makes it so amazing.

All images from mbvtravel.com, Google.com, LeFigaro.com