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The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth: Socotra Island (The Pearl of the Indian Ocean)

A view over hillsides down to the shore, Socotra Island, Yemen.

Socotra Island (Michail Vorobyev/Via)

Strange plants of Socotra Island - the ever-strange and extremely rare Cucumber Tree (dendrosicyos socotranum) - and yes, it's related to what's sitting in a pickle jar in your fridge:

Socotra Island, Yemen Socotra is the largest in the chain, and possibly the most unusual.

Socotra - Along the region’s northeast coast, in the area of Hallah. (The New York Times > Travel > Slide Show > Yemen's Galapagos)

Wadi Druher Canyon - The natural pool in wadi Druher is safe for swimming and is characterised by emerald green waters of the maximum depth of about 2 meters (which, however, varies with the season and the rainfall of the previous months)

Egyptian vulture and desert roses, Socotra Island. About of the species on this isolated island exist nowhere else on earth. A UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Rostlina Adenium obesum na ostrově Socotra - foto, fotografie

I must admit that I'm also grateful for those special places out there, those spots and locations around the world that have provided me with some time.

Socotra Island, Yemen {Isolated from continental land masses for 18 million years, Yemen’s Socotra Island showcases an alien-like landscape with unusual plants and animals, such as the blood dragon tree & desert rose}

Socotra Island, Yemen by red_ink

Socotra Island's beautiful and bizarre landscape

socotra island, Yemen جزيرة سقطرى، اليمن By @yasiruae www.batuta.com

Socotra Island, Yemen (This just reminds me of that episode of Friends where Chandler has to go to Yemen to get away from Janice! And Joey didn't believe it was a real place!