Real Places That Feel Fantastical
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
The world’s largest salt flat transforms into a giant mirror after rain, blurring sky and earth into infinity.
Cappadocia, Turkey
Fairy-tale chimneys and sunrise hot-air balloons create a landscape straight out of a storybook.
Zhangjiajie, China
Towering sandstone pillars inspired the floating Hallelujah Mountains in Avatar—a surreal vertical forest.
Wadi Rum, Jordan
Scarlet sands and jagged cliffs feel like Mars or a desert planet in a sci-fi epic.
Antelope Canyon, USA
Light beams dance across sculpted sandstone walls, evoking an underground fantasy realm.
Blood Falls, Antarctica
A crimson waterfall seeps from Taylor Glacier, painting ice in vivid red—nature’s own horror fantasy.
Hitachi Seaside Park, Japan
Endless fields of blue nemophila and red kochia plants bloom like a living watercolor painting.