Not really life on Mars but if you wanted to fake a Mars landing you could do worse than this part of western Libya.
Taken in 1990 it's almost a reverse view of this shot – in that it's the same escarpment, but looking down.
Indeed, about a third of the way up the frame on the left, to the left of the dark outcrop, there's a small white dot which is, in fact, a land Rover.
The myriad of dried water courses running away from the lower slopes of the escarpment made driving parallel to the base particularly arduous and uncomfortable.
Running across the middle of the image is a larger water course that, comparing to the size of the land Rover, has some pretty large trees in it.
And in the distant haze, where the desert meets the sky, lies a band of sand dunes.
Earlier this month a reported 78,000 people had applied for a one-way ticket to Mars and as many as 500,000 were expected to apply by the closing date of August 31st. For the unlucky ones who do not get selected, they could do worse than visit the Libyan desert in the summer. It can be hot and windy and just as inhospitable. But, unlike the trip to Mars, if you don't like this slice of life on Mars, well you can just go home again!
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