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Sci-Fi Landscape, Wadi Rum, Jordan
Posted by dj.tigersprout (New York City, United States) on 19 August 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
here is a much warmer desert shot, for those of you that requested some warmer images after my sub-freezing Alaska series!! ;) this is internationally acclaimed Wadi Rum desert, located in southern Jordan, about 1.5 hours north of the Red Sea... everything in this desert is a rich red, yellow or orange... and sometimes all three at once! it was simply an amazingly warm and color saturated experience -- a stark contrast to the freezing icy white and blue desert of the Arctic just three months previous! if you get the chance, put Wadi Rum on your list! it is a must see -- just spectacular, and on par with the Grand Canyon or Bryce Canyons... but of course totally exotic and completely different!
**if you need convincing as to the stunning beauty of this amazing place, just ask Marie Le Corre how she feels about Wadi Rum...! i think the two of us are in complete agreement! right Marie? :D
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Stu from Kyoto, Japan
Wow! You're right! This is right out of Star Wars (yes...I'm a geek) ;-)
20 Jun 2008 6:59am
@Stu: hehe -- it was an amazing site to behold... me and my 'geek' friends have been 'imagining' the filming of Star Wars and or any other faaabulous sci-fi film on these red dunes... :) thanks for all the comments! much appreciated!
roamin from Nova Scotia, Canada
amazing! is that a person standing down amidst the tiretracks in the sand?
if so, what a sense of scale it gives. cheers!
21 Jun 2008 8:50pm
@roamin: yes -- there are actually 2 people down there... they looked like ants to me when i took this shot. it was unbelieveable! cheers for the comment! :)
Behrooz Sangani from Tehran, Iran
The place is just magical. Welcome back from the planet Mars. ;)
19 Aug 2008 5:35am
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
This is positively eerie, alien and so inviting. I can see one being drawn to this without even realizing...stunning beauty, colours and shapes!
19 Aug 2008 5:44am
Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia
So stark yet so beautiful, a place I would love to visit, thanks for taking me there DJ, I love this image.
19 Aug 2008 5:53am
Erik from Amersfoort, Netherlands
lol.. dude you keep on surprising.. so we go from the cols ice land to the warm dessert, cool change... love the shot and in deed it can be a frame from a Star Wars movie
19 Aug 2008 6:17am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Absolutey warm and stark at the same time! love this image dj and thanks for warming us up after our chilly trip. My flat mate has been here and I showed her your shot..."its just like that" she says with a huge smile.
19 Aug 2008 6:54am
Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France
Another place, another mood ! But really a nice landscape !
19 Aug 2008 7:01am
saeed from ahwaz, Iran
wow! what a contrast with yesterday shot! really very warm colours! I love it!
19 Aug 2008 7:04am
Marie Le Corre from Voiron, France
I recognize well Wadi Rum and its colors so particular. Magnificent!
19 Aug 2008 9:27am
paulski from Muncie, IN, United States
beautiful, and very other-worldly. reminds me of dune, actually, and i love the tiny human images included for scale. wow!
19 Aug 2008 10:43am
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
From artic frost to desert heat without transition, I'm getting a cold. Those are natural colours, I presume.
19 Aug 2008 10:50am
Rui from Leiria, Portugal
WOW After the cold blue, now the hot orange-red! How great this is. Very Sci-fi indeed. Fantastic shot DJ.
19 Aug 2008 10:51am
jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
What amazing colour! and amazing size seeing the 'ants' are people
19 Aug 2008 11:44am
gbe from kansas city, United States
i think many, maybe most, of your landscapes have a sci-fi feel to them. this is remarkable, as always.
19 Aug 2008 11:56am
grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom
Lovely soft colours and light goes with the soft weathered shapes of the stone. How nice to be warm again.
19 Aug 2008 12:12pm
Isao from isère, France
j'adore le côté "surdimensionné" qui donne presque le vertige, c'est impressionnant ces volumes et les couleurs o-o
I love the side "oversized" which gives almost staggering, these volumes and colors are impressive o-o
19 Aug 2008 12:28pm
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
Love the rock formations - they look like huge petrified animals!
19 Aug 2008 12:44pm
Don Smith from California, United States
Thisis truly a beautiful spot. I will put this on my list of "must visit" spots. Well done!
19 Aug 2008 1:13pm
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
You seem to have an endless number of wonderful images from this desert. This one is certainly very beautifully done.
19 Aug 2008 1:24pm
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Wonderful textures and that great pink color add up to a super image.
19 Aug 2008 1:44pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
It really looks off this planet, great impression that you give here dj, I would definately go there.
19 Aug 2008 2:01pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Oh DJ on the blink of an eye you transport us from the deep cold to the burning heat with photos as gracious and gorgeous as one could hope to see. Bravo!
19 Aug 2008 2:31pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
The colors are great and the place looks very impressive.
19 Aug 2008 3:07pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
DJ - you ol' globe-trotter, you! I was wondering where you were going to take us next. This is spectacular. The two figures walking give it all scale. Beautiful. Very powerful.
19 Aug 2008 4:42pm
Mala from Newcastle- upon- Tyne, United Kingdom
Lovely warm colours. Looks like an amazing place to travel to.
19 Aug 2008 5:05pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Sci-fi indeed. When I see your title, I immediately thought of Tatouine in Star Wars. There is another similar placed called Valley of Fire, just to the north of Las Vegas.
19 Aug 2008 6:34pm
@Howard F.: Thanks for the comment and for the local suggestion Howard!! I will have to put that on my list of local places to visit!! :)
Thomas Griffioen from Bocas del Toro, Panama
Very impressive, beautiful colours! Scotty beem me up!
19 Aug 2008 6:43pm
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
What a change of scenary! I like most the cold, but this image is really superbe in franming and colors. The two diminute people give the point to the photo. Thanks.
19 Aug 2008 6:59pm
Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States
Woah... from one extreme to the other... great shot... get your butt back to Australia and go visit the Blue Mtns National Park...
19 Aug 2008 7:37pm
Luis A. De Jesus R. from Mexico City, Mexico
Wadi Rum, never had an idea it existed but wow!! You captured it so beautifully and the post processing is suited. You sure do get to see rare spots of our world. May I ask what is it you do that takes you to these remote places?
19 Aug 2008 7:38pm
@Luis A. De Jesus R.: Hey Luis! Thanks for the comment! To answer your question, my current work unfortunately does not take me to these amazing places. :( But i either read about these places in magazines, hear second hand accounts of these places from traveling friends and acquaintances, mistakenly stumble upon these places on my own accord... and then my favorite method: just randomly deciding to visit a certain isolated part of the globe! (such as the arctic in winter) so most of the decision making is quite whimsical... and then i set out to see what unfolds! i am extremely intrigued with all the different majestic locales this planet offers -- and the further away from home and the more exotic the location -- the more excited i am to go there and explore! i usually know i have a winning location when all my American friends give me weird looks and tell me i am crazy!! that usually solidifies the idea immediately! :D
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Stunning shot, sci-fi landscape sums it up. This could be shot from the rovers on Mars. Nice work.
19 Aug 2008 8:36pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Very surreal, like a scene from StarWars. I love visiting deserts but have never been to Wadi Rum, it looks amazing.
19 Aug 2008 9:17pm
Marhilde from Geraardsbergen, Belgium
ok , thank you ! Another item on my list of 'to see' :-) :-) My list gets longer and longer ;-) :-):-)
19 Aug 2008 9:43pm
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
superb barren landscape full of wonderful orange-ish tones... Martian like atmoshpere... if i didn't know better i would say that it is a scene straight out of Star Wars... quite a change indeed from the cold climate of Alaska!
20 Aug 2008 3:22am
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Beautiful picture. I like that there are 2 people giving the scale, they look so small...
20 Aug 2008 3:23am
Terre Mavix Chartrand from Kitchener, Canada
What a different take on your blog!!! I think you are going to keep me on my toes for now. Still, you have a bit of a narrative which will be wonderful to tune into, no matter the subject.
As for this place, it is beautiful. It looks warm and even inviting (if that can be possible). You see, the opposite of cold for me would be how I would feel here. Beautiful, comfortable, embracing and soft. :)
20 Aug 2008 3:27am
Francesc B. from région parisienne, France
Hot colors... a beautiful pic of the planet Mars... I hope that your travel was not too painful... :))
20 Aug 2008 6:23pm
sandrine from cincinnati, United States
Breathtaking! I love that we can see the 2 people so we can truly apriciate its size and beauty!
24 Aug 2008 5:22pm
EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom
Impossibly beautiful, vast and wondrous. What I'd give to stand here and admire the solitude and majesty of this scene. Incredible
29 Dec 2008 8:19pm
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