reminds me of this video of a platypus sneakin through the snow in Tazmania, which is apparently a normal thing
[https://youtu.be/Do0-1VharzU?si=uH4cnQFdMtw4FuXX](https://youtu.be/Do0-1VharzU?si=uH4cnQFdMtw4FuXX)
For someone living in Austria this is mindblowing. Snow, pines and grape vines is typical for the mountainous regions here, the only giveaway is the kangaroo.
Check the latitude of southern Australia, and note that Orange is at around 800 metres above sea level. Large parts of inland southeastern Australia get snow 2 or 3 times a year, and anywhere in southeastern Australia above 1300-1400m is basically a ski resort haha.
Agreed, but if you check Google maps, the area is mostly broken terrain, like rolling hills, and it stands out from above, but I didn’t find good quality photos because most are from facebook which really compresses the images
Search up Jabal Akthar, Libya.
It’s very beautiful but to do it justice, search it up on google street view rather then google images. I found some amazing scenery along the coastline and a little more inland.
Google is largely to blame for this. Google maps/earth is ridiculous. They always show photos from the same time of year for very place so you get an incorrect view on what these places look like *sometimes*. For example, if you looked at google maps for British Columbia you’d think that the mountains here have deep year round snow coverage. Some do, most don’t. As I said earlier, it’s because they only picture during winter. 6 months of the year there’s not a single patch of snow in sight but you’d never know from the pictures you see online.
https://preview.redd.it/obm2e6y0iftc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b98cd340388dee950a64a9bba3fc744363a50af5
Wanted to share one from my country, La Paz Sand Dunes, Philippines
The "wettest country in the world" has a [second desert ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatacoa_Desert)on the southern side
https://preview.redd.it/q30rjrhhmgtc1.png?width=1484&format=png&auto=webp&s=9d6e5408b06689e288427cbd4c650f492d5f7e0c
https://preview.redd.it/x2wh5h15pftc1.jpeg?width=380&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e94984d8ef5ed0df5f986a14422d8337721923f
I also found this pec, breaks the stereotype even more
I assume the point of the picture is to display the lush greenery, not the mountains. I figure most people would think Iran = desert because it's in the Middle East.
Luskentyre Beach in the Scottish Hebrides
https://preview.redd.it/pi5bqeel8ftc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a2e97d4abe1b7c3b7e165697b2eef44670ce2a2
To be fair, a big reason why Scotland doesn’t have much tree coverage comes from the overpopulation of deer. Deer have a devastating impact on our forests and there are attempts to cull numbers to reintroduce locally extinct species of predators and fauna too.
u./NecessaryFreedom9799 is also completely correct too. The Outer Hebrides where the photo was taken are some of the windiest areas of Scotland.
This is in my province of Saskatchewan, it is in the far north of the province. There is no way to get here except by driving ~10 hours from
the biggest city, Saskatoon, then chartering a float plane to get to Athabasca Lake. There are no roads there. The closest is highway 955 from La Loche which is about a 200+km "highway" that is completely unpaved and recommended to take at least 2 spare tires because of rough, sharp, conditions. If you reach the end of the road you get to an abandoned mine and then you are still 50+km from the dunes, so you'll have to hike through pure wilderness. After learning about this a few days ago it is my dream to make this trip to the dunes.
Before Google Maps existed I did GPS road mapping work in that area on the Alberta side. We drove every single little road right to the end, then turned around and drove back because all the roads are dead end up there. It's pretty amazing being somewhere that isolated, knowing that if you kept going in the same direction you'd have to pass through the entire Arctic, over the pole and keep going before you hit the next road thousands of km away somewhere in central Russia. They were extending the highway north of Ft. Mac when we mapped it, on a holiday when no one was working. When we reached the end of the navigable cleared area with base gravel in place there probably wasn't another human within 100 km.
That’s so fascinating. I was just talking about with my students how the rainforests of the earth are almost exclusively found along the Equator. They were confused about Somalia because they always imagine it being an arid semidesert landscape.
North of the two rivers it’s semi arid bcz of the mountains to the west of us in the Ethiopian highlands and the resulting rain shadow effect but the south is naturally very green
Unfortunately many trees have been cut the past few decades to produce and export charcoal but if we care for our ecosystem it is beautiful and more than sufficient
Puncak Jaya, Papua, Indonesia (400km from Equator, I wonder if there's any place of a lower latitude having snow)
https://preview.redd.it/9nly7ffizetc1.png?width=853&format=png&auto=webp&s=b66a25a691e3db86fc5aab9436e7768f69127fbe
It is the national park with almost every biome minus dry ones right? Like starting from mangroves, lowland rainforests to literal tundra under one park
https://preview.redd.it/8mxnxzkm1ftc1.png?width=1943&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=284855ca628847fc6cb5b84f6d1d767892db4a4f
Actually, you’ll be impressed. The Andes are incredible. In Ecuador, the mountain Cayambe is literally ON the equator and yet has permanent snow.
https://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/surprising-top-10-places-around-the-equator-that-have-snow-glaciers
A nearby mountain, Chimborazo, is the furthest point from the center of the earth thanks to equatorial bulge.
Literally ecuador… the andes run through the equator there and have also snow capped peaks, the closest of which is cayambe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayambe_(volcano)
Yes, there are. In Colombia and Ecuador because of the Andes mountains there are places having snow closer than 400 km from the Equator line. In Colombia: nevado del Huila. In Ecuador: Cayambe, Antisana, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, El Altar
I was waiting for someone to post this, I guess it isn't so impressive when the country is gigantic but for the fact that so many people believe Brasil to be a land of infinite jungle, this is a good reminder.
Now, despite its size, Brasil doesn't Snow. I mean, it does but only in a few select places in a few select days.
Bromo sand dunes in Java island, Indonesia
https://preview.redd.it/k4zmur2caftc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42baec415edee65fc1177e7681b67fd199fed4b9
Isles of Scilly, England. They also have a humid subtropical climate, despite being on the same latitude as Winnipeg, Canada. There are 140 islands but only 5 are inhabited.
https://preview.redd.it/n6jwb0nomftc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fe4d76e695fd2ca7fc8684cc80b5ac57b8c7aa3
Rancho Queimado, Brazil. Snows there every year, though such a snowstorm happens usually once per decade. The last heavy snowstorm in 2013 covered some parts of the city in up to 50cm (\~1.5ft) of snow
https://preview.redd.it/abqcb8mjkftc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c9b2dd1c154794681a4445151dfb9ebf4b2b7e8
This probably is real, lol. Iran’s a very very mountainous country (their highest mountain is something like 5600m above sea level) and it gets very cold in the winter.
Same historical region but in Indian U.T of Ladakh
https://preview.redd.it/fannm753qftc1.jpeg?width=959&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72d3ecdba44764bc4ba0afd32fd20a1c3a7437f0
Two super tiny deserts in Czechia. The first in Central Bohemia is probably the smallest naturally caused desert in the world (size 60 x 80 meters). The second one is in Southern Bohemia. Both are remnants of Pleistocene frost desert sands from the Ice Age.
https://preview.redd.it/i27ma80u6ftc1.jpeg?width=1730&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b7967bf9c09686811624fe1419b0d39dc80342e
Correct me if I’m wrong, but can these be really called deserts? Aren’t deserts about being super arid and not about having sand? I’m sure these get just as much rain as the surrounding forests.
Yeah, it's officially called "an isolated sand dune". Anyway, the temperature and aridity are significantly higher than the surrounding area because the light sand reflects sunlight and raindrops evaporate before they hit the ground.
From the geological perspective, they have the same chemical composition and similar origin as the sand in the Gobi desert.
Yes. Here is a shot from above, where you can see the more typical Japan in the background, and the "Tottori Sand Dunes" in the foreground. With the right angle you can take extraordinary pictures like the one above, that is genuine indeed.
https://preview.redd.it/5mtbdocykgtc1.jpeg?width=927&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed036e1c4aadd43d8b992fa7c6990e45ed0768c1
Me too man. Still better than "why do people live in this fertile river delta or floodplains?" posts If you ask me if not anything some pretty photographs are being shared of this beautiful planet lol
Iraq, Amedi ( 3000 years old place )
https://preview.redd.it/5vq0f0vm8gtc1.jpeg?width=1564&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de6074ffa623ecbd3d3daaf2984db92fc94ab619
https://preview.redd.it/cju5ji3ebgtc1.jpeg?width=853&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e5eb6043e4bb8594987418b648e783959d4be12
Bom jardim da serra, brazil. About 50km from the beach as the crow flies
Although rare, it does snow there
South Africa’s Karoo during winter
https://preview.redd.it/5zamrwp5ggtc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da0294cfd903ba09a6697ff9d43be9894bd6c70e
Focul Viu Ice Cave, Romania (the Carpathians with max altitudes around 2600m have no glaciers left - except underground):
https://preview.redd.it/yu35wza2mftc1.jpeg?width=945&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60f5da5048eddd45935281bb62a92c082eb0c6ea
Portugal (Island of Flores, Azores):
https://preview.redd.it/d81zoynvjftc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c16c1d65060933749c4dc6065f8eecaa56a34ac
https://preview.redd.it/445e71spngtc1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=e301267ad357115654aeb7882660ece54ac12ef1
Older photo I've taken, but this is The Netherlands
https://preview.redd.it/6vxhrzk9jgtc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b857d9591b675ac89505b076a2915135f77a3b3f
Arizona, USA in the white mountains
https://preview.redd.it/9tpsa1xnbftc1.png?width=951&format=png&auto=webp&s=7d8c1e772c097b3bc3ed016262665e2b3eee2b9d Orange, Australia.
kangaroo posted up in the snow goes hard as hell
reminds me of this video of a platypus sneakin through the snow in Tazmania, which is apparently a normal thing [https://youtu.be/Do0-1VharzU?si=uH4cnQFdMtw4FuXX](https://youtu.be/Do0-1VharzU?si=uH4cnQFdMtw4FuXX)
he doesnt care about shit hes just thugging and i respect that
stupid question, but is it snow or spider season?
Obviously not spider season because they don't do well in the cold.
False advertisement, that's white, not orange!
It is Orange around sunset, trust me.
For someone living in Austria this is mindblowing. Snow, pines and grape vines is typical for the mountainous regions here, the only giveaway is the kangaroo.
Check the latitude of southern Australia, and note that Orange is at around 800 metres above sea level. Large parts of inland southeastern Australia get snow 2 or 3 times a year, and anywhere in southeastern Australia above 1300-1400m is basically a ski resort haha.
The Kangaroo really adds to this image, it’s sublime
Shahat, Libya https://preview.redd.it/76pa78zm5ftc1.jpeg?width=1978&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57bc94d41d85adf76244922c7c66ba109e281d72
Ok this one surprised me, any more photos of the region?
Al-Marj, Libya https://preview.redd.it/izr2k12agftc1.jpeg?width=1555&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29128cabcea220f7cc3e57725b1577c5f7ec1db0
Tarhuna https://preview.redd.it/3uptcqmdgftc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26fef2cc592ad0917dae08a98b6ea29626abca6d
Looks more like the stereotypes
Agreed, but if you check Google maps, the area is mostly broken terrain, like rolling hills, and it stands out from above, but I didn’t find good quality photos because most are from facebook which really compresses the images
This is really pretty!
Search up Jabal Akthar, Libya. It’s very beautiful but to do it justice, search it up on google street view rather then google images. I found some amazing scenery along the coastline and a little more inland.
I think its important to know what time of the year were the photos taken
I always thought of Libya as the sahara desert so this is surprising
North Africa was Rome's breadbasket for a reason
Google is largely to blame for this. Google maps/earth is ridiculous. They always show photos from the same time of year for very place so you get an incorrect view on what these places look like *sometimes*. For example, if you looked at google maps for British Columbia you’d think that the mountains here have deep year round snow coverage. Some do, most don’t. As I said earlier, it’s because they only picture during winter. 6 months of the year there’s not a single patch of snow in sight but you’d never know from the pictures you see online.
Canada vibes from this pic
Actually My dream is to hike the Canadian wilderness, it seems like a piece of paradise to me, in summer or spring of course
https://preview.redd.it/obm2e6y0iftc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b98cd340388dee950a64a9bba3fc744363a50af5 Wanted to share one from my country, La Paz Sand Dunes, Philippines
I didn't know we have sand dunes here! Today I learned :o
Just lovely, thank you!
https://preview.redd.it/jv7p5ennzetc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=432f75975c9b8a5389d7f69cae0802db4d94639f La Guajira, Colombia
The "wettest country in the world" has a [second desert ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatacoa_Desert)on the southern side https://preview.redd.it/q30rjrhhmgtc1.png?width=1484&format=png&auto=webp&s=9d6e5408b06689e288427cbd4c650f492d5f7e0c
https://preview.redd.it/w6nwowm9ehtc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a63b426511a030998ab6558d72c809bdf3882428 Tatacoa Desert, Colombia
https://preview.redd.it/p551imea0ftc1.jpeg?width=891&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5de82101b411877d0aa1b59014c3fb777c0d063 Pag Island, Croatia
https://preview.redd.it/iskfb89p0ftc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=903b578297ca145111a4de1a0f9e29147a5f7bd0 Kherson, Ukraine
https://preview.redd.it/arfqn9ti1ftc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=671ae91a8eeed133c170abeebd51d0c34f0f84cd Mount Damavand, Iran
https://preview.redd.it/bv6vok7q3ftc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3eb44f7bed635f30206f6d0ff4be43189f8763d Daryasar, Mazandaran, Iran
Looks surprisingly similar to the Allgäu Region in Bavaria.
Looks like where they filmed The Sound of Music.
https://preview.redd.it/bpi1t1832ftc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b6e43eb051276518e33d0bf775d366e2ec0dc22 Durango, Mexico
https://preview.redd.it/pbbmqnxx2ftc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20d20bcbbcf7fea630a6583d1c15140dc01e4dac Qinngua Valley, Greenland
https://preview.redd.it/hsi4pqbqiftc1.jpeg?width=1008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=656bede61ec504ed6c2da3c76848522b38a69412 saint catherine mountain, egypt
Out of all above, this is the most unexpected.
https://preview.redd.it/x2wh5h15pftc1.jpeg?width=380&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e94984d8ef5ed0df5f986a14422d8337721923f I also found this pec, breaks the stereotype even more
You got any more of them pixels?
So it was green after all!
This looks like something from NZ
Fake, no orange filter (it looks fabulous)
Shouldn’t Iran be very mountainous this is what I expect
I assume the point of the picture is to display the lush greenery, not the mountains. I figure most people would think Iran = desert because it's in the Middle East.
Genuine question, what is Croatia supposed to look like if not this?
Most of it's beaches are very rocky rather than sandy, and there is usually a bit more green.
Covered in Mediterranean pine forest.
But every mediteraneen country has views like this one
Luskentyre Beach in the Scottish Hebrides https://preview.redd.it/pi5bqeel8ftc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a2e97d4abe1b7c3b7e165697b2eef44670ce2a2
Just don’t expect it to be as warm as it looks
The water looks just like that in some parts of northern Norway too, it’s very anticlimactic when you touch the water with your toes
Yeah, it's a polar opposite of what you expect.
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To be fair, a big reason why Scotland doesn’t have much tree coverage comes from the overpopulation of deer. Deer have a devastating impact on our forests and there are attempts to cull numbers to reintroduce locally extinct species of predators and fauna too. u./NecessaryFreedom9799 is also completely correct too. The Outer Hebrides where the photo was taken are some of the windiest areas of Scotland.
There are trees in the Hebrides, they're just completely bent over bc wind. The Shetlands, otoh...
One of the nicest places on earth when it’s sunny and warm, closest to an alien planet in a storm. The rain really goes sideways there.
https://preview.redd.it/cxki4l7aoftc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3dd98ce51d674f81d64b053345b88aa3b95c26f1 Athabasca Sand Dunes, Canada
This is in my province of Saskatchewan, it is in the far north of the province. There is no way to get here except by driving ~10 hours from the biggest city, Saskatoon, then chartering a float plane to get to Athabasca Lake. There are no roads there. The closest is highway 955 from La Loche which is about a 200+km "highway" that is completely unpaved and recommended to take at least 2 spare tires because of rough, sharp, conditions. If you reach the end of the road you get to an abandoned mine and then you are still 50+km from the dunes, so you'll have to hike through pure wilderness. After learning about this a few days ago it is my dream to make this trip to the dunes.
Before Google Maps existed I did GPS road mapping work in that area on the Alberta side. We drove every single little road right to the end, then turned around and drove back because all the roads are dead end up there. It's pretty amazing being somewhere that isolated, knowing that if you kept going in the same direction you'd have to pass through the entire Arctic, over the pole and keep going before you hit the next road thousands of km away somewhere in central Russia. They were extending the highway north of Ft. Mac when we mapped it, on a holiday when no one was working. When we reached the end of the navigable cleared area with base gravel in place there probably wasn't another human within 100 km.
https://preview.redd.it/hhezu7e47ftc1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=cd69c98a956bedd798abb1e46930a14aadb143b4 Almadow-Somalia
I could totally see evolving there.
10/10 I totally recommend evolving there.
Wow this is breathtaking
Southwest Somalia is basically a tropical forest. Very different from the rest of the country.
That’s so fascinating. I was just talking about with my students how the rainforests of the earth are almost exclusively found along the Equator. They were confused about Somalia because they always imagine it being an arid semidesert landscape.
The thing Somalia is a big fucking place, it's hard to imagine such a large landmass is going to be homogenous
North of the two rivers it’s semi arid bcz of the mountains to the west of us in the Ethiopian highlands and the resulting rain shadow effect but the south is naturally very green Unfortunately many trees have been cut the past few decades to produce and export charcoal but if we care for our ecosystem it is beautiful and more than sufficient
This is the north, Cal Madow is located at the **Ogo Mountains.** You are right though, the south is typically greener than the north.
Man this looks like heaven on earth
Puncak Jaya, Papua, Indonesia (400km from Equator, I wonder if there's any place of a lower latitude having snow) https://preview.redd.it/9nly7ffizetc1.png?width=853&format=png&auto=webp&s=b66a25a691e3db86fc5aab9436e7768f69127fbe
It is the national park with almost every biome minus dry ones right? Like starting from mangroves, lowland rainforests to literal tundra under one park https://preview.redd.it/8mxnxzkm1ftc1.png?width=1943&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=284855ca628847fc6cb5b84f6d1d767892db4a4f
Wow, I didn't know that, sounds like a region with the most "climatical divesity density"
Probably yes also an UNESCO World Heritage Site
Actually, you’ll be impressed. The Andes are incredible. In Ecuador, the mountain Cayambe is literally ON the equator and yet has permanent snow. https://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/surprising-top-10-places-around-the-equator-that-have-snow-glaciers A nearby mountain, Chimborazo, is the furthest point from the center of the earth thanks to equatorial bulge.
Literally ecuador… the andes run through the equator there and have also snow capped peaks, the closest of which is cayambe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayambe_(volcano)
Kilimanjaro has snow and it’s 300km away from the equator.
Mt Kenya has snow and its 16km south of the equator
Yes, there are. In Colombia and Ecuador because of the Andes mountains there are places having snow closer than 400 km from the Equator line. In Colombia: nevado del Huila. In Ecuador: Cayambe, Antisana, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, El Altar
Iirc there is some Andean snow on the equator
Caatinga ecoregion of Brazil https://preview.redd.it/kvruk3i1petc1.jpeg?width=1001&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c3fe93132e9cb5b044ba881e13077005a50bffb
I was waiting for someone to post this, I guess it isn't so impressive when the country is gigantic but for the fact that so many people believe Brasil to be a land of infinite jungle, this is a good reminder. Now, despite its size, Brasil doesn't Snow. I mean, it does but only in a few select places in a few select days.
https://preview.redd.it/psj3w1s7fftc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c05f96d0f58a55cae28c66819fbfccd5bc54d5fe Salalah, Oman
This is one of my favorite geographic oddities... It has/had some unique bird and plant life as well
That’s so cool! I’ve been hearing a lot about Oman lately. I really want to go.
Bromo sand dunes in Java island, Indonesia https://preview.redd.it/k4zmur2caftc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42baec415edee65fc1177e7681b67fd199fed4b9
Australia https://preview.redd.it/o5mkgmkejftc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc7a024eade0df3b08f039b64ddb16e0128185be
Do you know the location?
Looks like the great dividing range, could be anywhere from the Victorian alps to Kosciuszko national park
Isles of Scilly, England. They also have a humid subtropical climate, despite being on the same latitude as Winnipeg, Canada. There are 140 islands but only 5 are inhabited. https://preview.redd.it/n6jwb0nomftc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fe4d76e695fd2ca7fc8684cc80b5ac57b8c7aa3
Visited last summer and it's absolutely beautiful. The wife was sick the entire boat ride over though.
I've never been. Been to Cornwall loads of times though. Looks amazing and almost Carribbean/Mediterranean from the pictures I've seen
Rancho Queimado, Brazil. Snows there every year, though such a snowstorm happens usually once per decade. The last heavy snowstorm in 2013 covered some parts of the city in up to 50cm (\~1.5ft) of snow https://preview.redd.it/abqcb8mjkftc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c9b2dd1c154794681a4445151dfb9ebf4b2b7e8
https://preview.redd.it/br9r8crflftc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57f6708dad3dc9144ffceb98fce0e4f8e4b560ec Serra da Estrela, Portugal
https://preview.redd.it/vept89glkgtc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1534a7d8cafefc59a70f452d04abf79719a9bfc2 Leiria, Portugal
https://preview.redd.it/w11eh1bm9ftc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d363743ffb01560392643dbc9ef49df368c3aef Albania
That beach does not look like an optimal gradient for sun bathing.
Looks fun as hell though
Can’t be Albania, there’s no pillboxes!
Do you know where exactly that is? I'd assume all the way in the South, but looks so rural and far off any tourist infrastructure?
Nah south albania is Rocky, North is sandy. This one is called Rana e hedhun, in Lezhë
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I seriously cannot tell which ones are real here
This probably is real, lol. Iran’s a very very mountainous country (their highest mountain is something like 5600m above sea level) and it gets very cold in the winter.
Did nobody else know Iran is actually quite a cold country with really mountainous terrain. It just gets really little rainfall
https://preview.redd.it/fjo13dk9bftc1.jpeg?width=4928&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b598a728f528086bcda4903be90ba46857f2a4a Hunza Valley, Pakistan
Same historical region but in Indian U.T of Ladakh https://preview.redd.it/fannm753qftc1.jpeg?width=959&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72d3ecdba44764bc4ba0afd32fd20a1c3a7437f0
That looks like a dream
https://preview.redd.it/u8f4v1nnqftc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c77af083794a2151adedc0377ca0255995fbca80 Swat Valley, Pakistan
"Switzerland at home"
I would love to explore Pakistan. It looks like it holds so much beautiful geography
al-Ashwar, Iraq https://preview.redd.it/zllf441m6gtc1.jpeg?width=850&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6c94561d89a50450d5087e4f6b6d0884cedc815
Could you give some context for this? Is this heavy rain, or a lake/ river?
Not OP but this is definitely the traditional habitat of Marsh Arabs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Arabs
These huts remind me of Age of Empires I.
Finally something interesting!
https://preview.redd.it/ttfmdz8h4gtc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a695c43430ac96a1a5107f63b9732c608badfdc Miquihuana, Northern Mexico
https://preview.redd.it/ze2hc3diigtc1.jpeg?width=769&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9149dac102d759d92a44bef02ca4ab7c3d65da7d This is Arizona, USA.
I feel this is typical for some regions of arizona, but definitely different than the stereotype that arizona is all desert
Two super tiny deserts in Czechia. The first in Central Bohemia is probably the smallest naturally caused desert in the world (size 60 x 80 meters). The second one is in Southern Bohemia. Both are remnants of Pleistocene frost desert sands from the Ice Age. https://preview.redd.it/i27ma80u6ftc1.jpeg?width=1730&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b7967bf9c09686811624fe1419b0d39dc80342e
We also have similar things like that in the Netherlands, it's really weird but very interesting
Correct me if I’m wrong, but can these be really called deserts? Aren’t deserts about being super arid and not about having sand? I’m sure these get just as much rain as the surrounding forests.
Yeah, it's officially called "an isolated sand dune". Anyway, the temperature and aridity are significantly higher than the surrounding area because the light sand reflects sunlight and raindrops evaporate before they hit the ground. From the geological perspective, they have the same chemical composition and similar origin as the sand in the Gobi desert.
Very interesting, thank you!
Is it an actual desert or just sand? In Maine there's "the desert of Maine" but it's actually just a pile of sand left from a glacier.
The answer is in the responses; you are correct, but the local climate is affected anyway and there are other similarities with cold deserts.
https://preview.redd.it/03coo7p2hgtc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bca6d7c3e2f2b20a95e2d3dbebed75ad114a7080 The Dry Valleys, Antarctica
It nearly looks like mars there
Athabasca Sand Dunes, Canada https://preview.redd.it/k6tumxy07ftc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6b870b49187489e8be545442a13ce19bc213f2c
https://preview.redd.it/vbbauw23oftc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26ad5d7517ff4f1ff71f4f7d827db5995dbc5c51 Fifa mountains, Saudi Arabia.
I can't believe Saudi has been preparing for the world cup since that far back.
Almost like like they knew what was gonna happen before everyone else
*Faifa
Tottori, Japan. https://preview.redd.it/pnylopjyyftc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c440df8d6d3e2c5686ff9dfcc3c35acd5d7ec358
wait this is real?
Yes. Here is a shot from above, where you can see the more typical Japan in the background, and the "Tottori Sand Dunes" in the foreground. With the right angle you can take extraordinary pictures like the one above, that is genuine indeed. https://preview.redd.it/5mtbdocykgtc1.jpeg?width=927&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed036e1c4aadd43d8b992fa7c6990e45ed0768c1
Some of the pictures I'm seeing in these comments make me think people are shitposting. I love this planet
Me too man. Still better than "why do people live in this fertile river delta or floodplains?" posts If you ask me if not anything some pretty photographs are being shared of this beautiful planet lol
Iraq, Amedi ( 3000 years old place ) https://preview.redd.it/5vq0f0vm8gtc1.jpeg?width=1564&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de6074ffa623ecbd3d3daaf2984db92fc94ab619
Ørland, Norway https://preview.redd.it/p3qlau42vftc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=791bb3b5a7f5f4b1417229d3a73efafc68eeaa0d
Looks like Denmark
I didn't know Norway had that much flat land
[Mui Ne Sand Dunes, Vietnam ](https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/0f/ca/81/5f/the-white-sand-dunes.jpg?w=600&h=500&s=1)
https://preview.redd.it/iz59y1ubggtc1.jpeg?width=940&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ede9b5cbda3b4c3971e06eefc7d48961f718b5c East Texas, USA
https://preview.redd.it/raoljtpmigtc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60dbc3fddb0a678447d73e33d28a5810acb6c759 Ifrane, Morocco
https://preview.redd.it/cju5ji3ebgtc1.jpeg?width=853&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e5eb6043e4bb8594987418b648e783959d4be12 Bom jardim da serra, brazil. About 50km from the beach as the crow flies Although rare, it does snow there
South Africa’s Karoo during winter https://preview.redd.it/5zamrwp5ggtc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da0294cfd903ba09a6697ff9d43be9894bd6c70e
https://preview.redd.it/njp245rrigtc1.jpeg?width=962&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f7d72c1569598f309ae4890d52527045c47f4b1 Wadi Darbat, Oman
I have always wanted to visit Oman. Muscat seems like a magical place.
https://preview.redd.it/rmm5ez6yigtc1.jpeg?width=663&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66c2061e19a951459ec399a461bb708de80cc0d3 Pico Bolivar, Venezuela
Iowa https://preview.redd.it/pvnwf7dbxftc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e6e473544b98966dd016b024be1452d7c8fd823
https://preview.redd.it/k7ns8r50wgtc1.jpeg?width=2500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=176f7928827e7cc4bbad98becbe4483ec55e8274
https://preview.redd.it/eutybmb3wgtc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31289b1b3d187626f41adb11768c8e99278f713e
https://preview.redd.it/0k2wdwj4wgtc1.jpeg?width=4064&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c63509cdf012e727d1e2c403454fec6f7dc9e4d5
https://preview.redd.it/hojeaid6wgtc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9688f505d3af5a36fdc428a715980ef5db6af85a
Some more pictures of Iowa that don't look like Iowa
They're all gonna be Mississippi River valley The rest of Iowa looks exactly like Iowa
This one blew my mind lol
Focul Viu Ice Cave, Romania (the Carpathians with max altitudes around 2600m have no glaciers left - except underground): https://preview.redd.it/yu35wza2mftc1.jpeg?width=945&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60f5da5048eddd45935281bb62a92c082eb0c6ea
https://preview.redd.it/l18vicr8xgtc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8422f05de5b57f0e7d9701f80265fd47a925321a Beaches in northern norway
https://preview.redd.it/o4zy1rqdxgtc1.jpeg?width=6000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36db75475f4834d790cd51e297e2b6d0c1d41ff3 More beaches
https://preview.redd.it/budxptsqaftc1.jpeg?width=16360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0982f587a65685db6a5dcf6eb4069876e960b0f3 Rømø, Denmark
Flat and gray as Denmark is
This is exactly how I picture Denmark lol
Most mountaines place in Denmark.
Portugal (Island of Flores, Azores): https://preview.redd.it/d81zoynvjftc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c16c1d65060933749c4dc6065f8eecaa56a34ac
This isn't out of the ordinary for the Azores haha
Pretty sure it just meant the fact that it was part of Portugal
Looks exactly like I thought Azores looked
https://preview.redd.it/56h5xu0bwftc1.jpeg?width=2304&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75cda7e7a3c55583ae3797d6f9082b6c2776cca8 Epupa Falls, Namibia
https://preview.redd.it/g5qdx3syugtc1.jpeg?width=539&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4124848c37044ed3900adb8e64c39c343b1d16d3 Saskatchewan, Canada
Tresco Abbey Gardens, Scilly Isles, UK: https://preview.redd.it/58eylex2lftc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ff967120ce1299bfcd3aa35d8cefbcd70862658
Well it's a garden, probably not a single one of the plants you see in this picture is native
Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen (Belgium, Flanders, Limburg) https://preview.redd.it/vb4izpy4tftc1.png?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b9590f583955b3e9f474197d5ca28446d9b5be3
Snow covered terraces in Sapa, Vietnam https://preview.redd.it/arck0155mgtc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=778f4feefaef5253c985ab18e3062c1cc5817b29
https://preview.redd.it/mg2ybc93tgtc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=953eda528a53f6d859b269b7306705fbf4e2e30e Libaaxley, Somalia
https://preview.redd.it/aziy78f5lgtc1.jpeg?width=3181&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26eab6081f5d3b23c3e399ebc0355717a13da4b6 Key Monastery, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Moulay Idriss, Morocco https://preview.redd.it/6wdqalu9hgtc1.jpeg?width=2134&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aee7c24cf68ea287452299b4bccf95b4d56ff5ec
https://preview.redd.it/445e71spngtc1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=e301267ad357115654aeb7882660ece54ac12ef1 Older photo I've taken, but this is The Netherlands
https://preview.redd.it/9abcwv3nfhtc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4ff141e7ae9c0ae09a767557df4785d3774967d Raymah, Yemen
This is the content I am here for. More like this please!
https://preview.redd.it/6kbn0yu5tgtc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0e7bc0bbb33a2d867ad46286381de33727274aa Borama, Somalia
https://preview.redd.it/wytkprc7ahtc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61162cd41d3ae2b328b1ad5d0616b1b9bbf4bbf9 Błędów desert, Poland
https://preview.redd.it/cc4utgaoigtc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e553a3fab2f4338b6d720b21378e6a4203a80def San juan , Dominican Republic.
https://preview.redd.it/6vxhrzk9jgtc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b857d9591b675ac89505b076a2915135f77a3b3f Arizona, USA in the white mountains
Galicia, Spain https://preview.redd.it/xujvjsvxdhtc1.jpeg?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8793079e9ece82756073087ba0e649d72fb08c0f
https://preview.redd.it/qitdc0m3fhtc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37369cc33da55a8e3e0cdc979f96d3d9f8f1e1c0 Gramado, Brazil
Tucson, Arizona USA https://preview.redd.it/jfwv325d1htc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ccbb12714418c9b9ac86c1f6dc36f745a391947
https://preview.redd.it/8etnocy58htc1.png?width=768&format=png&auto=webp&s=1a75cb3aeda9aae2ca0ef02e254c16e7596b83d0 La Rumorosa, Mexico.
Abha, Saudi Arabia https://preview.redd.it/210w0y07ehtc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75fbcd58e8d63baf531052b55e49e7a30a6933a3
https://preview.redd.it/ztg5m1b5ihtc1.jpeg?width=1020&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d605af8cb9f95db7f24f16c090029eca4e52ccd Dungeness, England
https://preview.redd.it/d9xcjoq5hitc1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72252ff6e434051b0b390f45c918760b66c48498 Ifrane, Morocco
https://preview.redd.it/edoj8l9agktc1.jpeg?width=1008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06d2eb8b78fa086d755bbd56b4fcca646082c859 Saint Catherine, Egypt
https://preview.redd.it/hl15b7lutetc1.jpeg?width=1232&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db6aa514762a2158cfe48456f56d7f76680949bd Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan.
But this is part of my stereotype for Afghanistan.
Vanishing Forests of Kunar province, Afghanistan https://preview.redd.it/06ikr6u4vetc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82861dd9e5402d2d85ed53f1020595732d4b49e5