Alien Worlds
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
Socotra, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, is unlike any on Earth, playing host to a number of endemic flora and fauna. Witness the dragon’s blood tree (Dracaena cinnabari), its gnarled branches forming spidery canopies, making the trees resemble giant, alien fungi; or adenium obesium, the desert rose, a squat, gray tumor of a plant, its finger-like tendrils reaching, imploringly, towards the sky. It is a landscape that brings to mind a real life Kaddath.
The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth [Dark Roasted Blend]
Categories: Aliens, Photographs, Plants
Posted at 11:43 am on September 9, 2008
3 Comments -
Seeing those pictures makes me wonder if the Bethesda designers in charge of the Shivering Isles expansion took some inspiration from earth’s more unusual places.
Comment by giania — September 9, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
Dragon’s Blood smells awesome!
Comment by DUBWISE — September 9, 2008 @ 1:36 pm
Bethesday usually gets it right.
So that is where the desert rose comes from. I have one of these in my yard but never new the story behind it.
Comment by Hlaode — September 9, 2008 @ 3:33 pm