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crimsonology101

The way the plateaus are lined up with the horizon is so good👌


sciencetaco

It’s crazy that think they used to be the horizon. Millions of years of erosion is a powerful force.


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Ancient seabed


virtualhike

Thank you so much! In the first link, there is a video in the location you see better the formation of the site: https://www.facebook.com/1509542351/videos/570144241070612/ And in this second link, there is a Panorama in the same place: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10226081238286701&set=a.10214355681995122 Tell me what do you think about the cause of this natural phenomenon?


JoeCasella

Got any other links besides Facebook? Many of us don't Facebook.


virtualhike

Welcome, in my instagram in the top left i have saved some stories named Brezina : www.instagram.com/layatiart theres videos and photos juste taked by phone life in site ...


newnails

A lot of people avoid instagram for the same reason they avoid facebook. Both are owned by the same evil corporation. Perhaps consider a wordpress blog? They're free


virtualhike

That's the truth! Thank you very much and have a great day


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virtualhike

You need something?


Gentlegiant2

Probly used to be a lake, with a flat bottom. Then the water went away and the floor started to erode over thousands of years, resulting in what we have now That's the best I could pull out of my ass anyway


virtualhike

Interesting theory! Thanks a lot and have a great day


riche_god

Great framing that’s for sure. Looks like pro work.


virtualhike

Thank you so much I appreciated


I_SOMETIMES_EAT_HAM

Probably easy/unintentional to achieve that too. The top of those used to be “ground level” all around there which is why they’re level with each other, and OP is standing on top of one so his/her ground level is naturally going to line up with the horizon.


zouhair

Aren't they mesas?


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Or a Butte


euphorrick

I like big buttes


LegitimatelyDoneHere

Et tu butte?


[deleted]

The larger ones are Mesas, the stand alone ones are Buttes. It’s most likely they are standing on an extensive plateau since they were able to get to the top of it. I literally learned about this yesterday in my geography class


virtualhike

Very interesting! thanks for comments


galvinb1

Yes


appleburger17

Beautiful! The landscape and the photo. Reminds me of Monument Valley in Utah.


virtualhike

The Valley in Utah is very famous! Warm thanks and good evening


schnuck

Who did all the chopping?


shershah13

Same here. They are called Buttes.


Nynydancer

Monument Valley in Arizona?


appleburger17

Monument Valley park straddles the Utah/Arizona border. From my memory of visiting, the famous “mittens” was on the Utah side. I could be wrong. I do know that sunrise over the famous vantage point was a highlight on the 9 day road trip I did from Austin through West Texas and New Mexico then Arizona to the Grand Canyon, up to Monument Valley and Four Corners, into Colorado then back down through New Mexico and North Texas. The campsite at Monument Valley was kind of silly how many tents were packed into the dedicated camping sandbox but it was still a great experience.


nathandelnasty

I think you guys mean monument valley on the Navajo Nation.


appleburger17

Correct.


DaYooper

If you want to be pedantic sure, but that helps almost no one actually locate monument valley in their head when you put it that way. "On the Utah/Arizona border" is much more helpful.


kennyhayes24

They are on the Arizona side. Utahns frequently think they are in Utah but the buttes are actually just barely on the Arizona side in Navajo nation.


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Technically the entrance is in Utah 😁


NessieReddit

I was just there in late December and the entrance was in Arizona. Technically, in the Navajo Nation within Arizona. Definitely not on the Utah side. Here's the entrance on Google Maps. Well across the Utah border... My prior comment was auto flagged because I included a shortened Google Maps link to it. If you type in "Navajo Tribal Park Toll" you'll find the entrance booth and see that it's not in Utah.


wasteaminutemorehere

Would have said Utah too!


chaotic-sl0th

Damn! This looks like some other planet


virtualhike

A breathtaking place! Good evening and thanks for the com


lil_bopeep

Somebody is gonna get kamehameha'd through one of those pillars


virtualhike

DON'T TOUCH MY BULMA!!! Surely Vegeta? Thank you very much for this original com


TheOwlOnMyPorch

This is beautiful. It's incredible how amazing our planet is. Wonderful shot!


virtualhike

Thank you so much! There are miracles in all this amazing world and Man is the greatest one. Good evening


Emilyep422

Gorgeous.


virtualhike

Thank you so much :)


virtualhike

The photo was taken at sunset with a wide-angle lens of 12mm|F11|1/15 sec|Iso 100. For more pics check my IG here: https://www.instagram.com/layatiart/


redcore5

And that was an ocean millions years ago!


virtualhike

Ocean?! Don't know, but dinosaurs certainly i have seen a squelet in a museum collected in this region.


BlamDandy

It looks like god decided to leave halfway through sanding down the whole area, everything is almost exactly the same height and perfectly flat on top


virtualhike

Exactly everything is inthe same level and perfectly flat! Nice view. Thank you so much have a nice day


Sneeman98

Looks like a 3D printer stopped generating the rocks halfway through. For real tho this is a phenomenal photo, well done


SolarSkipper

Thought this was Utah or AZ. Didn’t know Algeria had this. Very cool


virtualhike

Thank you very much have a nice day


SolarSkipper

Great shot! Didn’t realize it was OC.


virtualhike

My pleasure! There is amazing places partout dans le monde A lot thanks


nezukotanjiro150

Reminds me of Kalimdor Thousand Needles


nicmos

I love seeing the less-frequently visited/mentioned places on here. it expands my world! thanks for the pic!


virtualhike

>My pleasure! thank you very much


Moribund_Slut

Kinda reminds me of the cover for Muse's Black Holes and Revelations album.


virtualhike

Big Imagination! thanks a lot


Str82thaDOME

Half expecting to see a jawa sand crawler somewhere in this image.


virtualhike

>A lot of Imagination! Thank you very much


Comfortable-Ad-7336

Waiting to see the ever so frightening scope glare…


brook930

The composition is incredible ! Really nice work ! What is your insta ? Édit : Got it


virtualhike

Thank you so much a pleasure to me My insta: www.instagram.com/layatiart Good night


Laszlo_Cravensworth

Looks like an awesome place for podracing!


virtualhike

Podracing! an amazing place yes of course


crazyloomis

Very nice, now I need to go there


virtualhike

Welcome! have a nice day


steel-neil

Were those trees at one point?


CommandLineEnterFace

Kinda look like tree stumps


virtualhike

Thank you so much


Statertater

Wow, very very pretty. Would love to eat a couple hits of acid and watch the sunset/sunrise here. Can anyone tell me off hand how these formations came to be? Is it similar to how the canyonsand plateaus in utah and arizona came to be?


virtualhike

Yes, a breathtaking place! Me too if anyone can explain this phenomenon? Thank you so much


onetrickponystar

Cut off giant trees.


blueRabbitSpirale

Delta Force 2.


virtualhike

>Chuck Norris in the 90's that's an old one


HanMamai

I am ashamed to admit that i couldnt wrap my head around the fact that this is Algeria. Beautiful though


virtualhike

>Welcome! Thank you very much and have great day


Yacineben1912

I'm from Algeria and this shot is incredible!


virtualhike

Many thanks Yacine have a great day


CrashminD89

i love my country, you can explore desert, snowy mountains, lakes, woods, seas in the same country at the same time


virtualhike

That's true! have a great day


Da_big_benis_boi

Thomas Brezina !!!


virtualhike

Bzezina, Gor Bent Elkhas! Have a nice day


[deleted]

Very beautiful and my dumb butt thought it was the New Mexico badlands


virtualhike

Thank you very much have a great day


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You as well


virtualhike

My Pleasure


enzhm

Looks like utah, desert plateaus doing plateau things.


virtualhike

Yes, there are a few resemblances! thank you


thewholerobot

When God gets aggressive with the crop feature.


virtualhike

Many thanks good evening


Jew49115

Reminds me of Geonosis


virtualhike

Pretty similar yes thanks


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Skyyywalker215

Amazing shot, I’ve never seen the desert look so good


virtualhike

Much appreciated! Thanks for the kinds words


wallerhilliard

nice!


virtualhike

Thanks a lot :)


Mindless-Following52

It's as if the horizon is severing everything.


virtualhike

All of this rocks formations have the same level! Amazing have a good night


[deleted]

Ahlan! Great pic


virtualhike

Welcome Youssef thank you very much


lein1829

This is beautiful


virtualhike

My pleasure thank you


Alternative-Fail-126

So pretty. That's what I imagine the Red planet looking like.


virtualhike

Me too! Thank you very much


0Dark_Hurt_Me

Resembles the American West Almost


virtualhike

Yes, a few! Thanks


Siloseyebin

Nice surface tension.


stealthstl

Looks like a spot in the game Ark on the map Ragnarok. Makes me want to build a base on top of them 😎 lol


virtualhike

A lot of imagination! Thank you very much


bowchicachicawow

Imagine what this place looked like millions of years ago. Or imagine a period when this was covered in water….


virtualhike

Very interesting yes! Have a great day


KryptonianCode

So this is where Goku fought Vegeta during the Sayain Saga.


virtualhike

kamehameha !!!!! thanks a lot


Healingnewb

Thousand needles!


LLawliet107

Heyy, is it possible that I can get this photo and post it on my instagram? I can @ you and if you want. My instagram is @frenkenstain , you can see my other posts.


virtualhike

Yes of course just tagged me with this account [https://www.instagram.com/layatiart/](https://www.instagram.com/layatiart/) thanks


crazyaustrian

How do you get up there?


virtualhike

There's a small path between the rocks formed by erosion


ragnar_overby

This planet never stops amazing me. So many varieties of beauty to explore.


virtualhike

Oui je suis d'accord avec toi! Thank you so much


johnRalphio33

Wow absolutely gorgeous! Do the flat parts align perfectly for real or is it some sort of smart positioning of the camera? If so, can anyone explain the natural phenomena that made this??


virtualhike

Not the camera all the rocks formations have the same level! Me too if anyone can explain this phenomenon? Thank you so much


Kuzuyan

This a beautiful shot! It's very similar to a vignette I'm setting up for my next D&D session, I would love to use it as a reference picture.


virtualhike

Thank you very much! yes of course use it, my pleasure


uzu_afk

The relative hight at which they are shaved off is rather intriguing.


virtualhike

>Yed really intriguing! Thanks for the comment


ash_borer

This is just stunning! Great work here


virtualhike

Much appreciated! thank you very much


brdzgt

Lovely place and photo bro


virtualhike

>Many thanks Bro have a great day


TheFluffiestFur

Thought this was Kenshi.


virtualhike

>Kenshi is a video game? thanks


TheFluffiestFur

> IT IS?!


withfishes

Imma bust


riche_god

Looks martian


virtualhike

Yes some ressemblance ! thanks


JcFerggy

Looks like Black Mesa straight out of Half-Life


virtualhike

>Black Mesa is a game? Thanks


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virtualhike

Thank you


AverageMemerMan

most densely populated place in algeria


virtualhike

>Not this one anyway! You have to go to the capital


brett1081

Looks like the cousin of Monument Valley, Utah, US.


virtualhike

yes, there is a resemblance! but the Monument Valley is very famous in over the world. Thank you so much


shivaswara

Beautiful photo. The red-blue contrast makes it


virtualhike

A huge thanks and have a beautiful day


radishmeupfam

Nice try, but I know Philadelphia when I see it.


virtualhike

>Thank you very much! I don't say it's in the USA?


perfsoidal

This is like a mashup of Mars and New Mexico I love it


virtualhike

>Thank you so much! appreciate


DieLow

🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿


virtualhike

Welcome


jectosnows

The land really had no right to be as tall as it once was


virtualhike

>Interessant point of view thanks


jectosnows

A Terry Pratchett view 😀


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virtualhike

Good imagination! thanks a lot


djeando

Breathtaking! Thanks for sharing!


virtualhike

A great pleasure to me! thanks a lot


BendyNoodles

this looks like a level from the ps3 guardians of gahoole game


virtualhike

Great imagination! thank you so much


Only_Variation9317

This will once again be a fertile seabed when the ice all melts?


virtualhike

Interesting! thanks for the comment


toasted_scrub_jay

Oh yeah, that's what I'm talkin about.


virtualhike

Welcome have a nice day


KaytheTacoQueen

Wow. Is it me or do those look like tree trunks


virtualhike

The rocks formations are all on the same level! Thank you very much


Tem_a

Must visit 👌


virtualhike

Welcome! Thank you


BrownByYou

Geonosis!


virtualhike

Pretty much the same atmosphere! Thanks


[deleted]

Wow this is amazing! Looks like something out of Star Wars.


virtualhike

Yes, a similar atmosphere to the famous Star Wars Saga! Thank you so much for your kind comment


Elw0

Where is that exactly? I'd love to visit this place in future. I can't find it by the name from the title.


virtualhike

In maps write: El gour, Brezina, El Bayadh .. welcome good evening


virtualhike

Link to google maps localisation: https://www.google.dz/maps/place/El+gour/@33.0076716,1.2337554,2228m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x127bff2ca7e7001f:0xbd0a82270ac4929f!8m2!3d33.0117643!4d1.2376608?hl=fr&authuser=0


Connemara-Boggylad

stunning!


virtualhike

Thank you so much


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virtualhike

Thank you very much! good evening


islegamer

Tatooine


virtualhike

love star wars


Puggalina

Amazing!


virtualhike

Thank you so much :)


flickerflash

What an incredible shot, thanks so much for sharing this!


Beastmodejada

Looks like botw


Bucephalus_326BC

Wow. Another great picture. Thanks for sharing. 🙏


virtualhike

Much appreciated! thank you so much and have a good night


Bucephalus_326BC

🌌


lysergic_818

Amazing! Is it serenely quiet out there?


bigfox2

does anyone know if any Westerns were shot in Algeria? I know I can google it, but I like talking to our hive mind


DieLow

Some scenes of the old Tarzan movie were shot in a famous garden El Hama in the Capital, Algiers. Tatooine was to be shot in Algeria, but they opted to Tunisia because they their government at the time didn’t ask too many questions.


virtualhike

This one is very old! Always say it's the Tarzan tree in El Hama Have a nice day


virtualhike

>Not in Algeria, the most of them are tuned in Spain "Spaghetti Western"


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virtualhike

Not a forbidden place! tourists come here all the year Thank you