Wadi Rum, Jordan or Planet Mars?

Geri Moore
Sep 6, 2018 · 4 min read

“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” — T.E.Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

Standing atop of Al Ramal sand dune, I spin 360 degrees to take in the infinite view of an echoing, alien landscape like no other on this planet. A kaleidoscope of sand dunes lay base as Earth’s natural canvas. Sculpted by a millennia of blowing sand and flash floods, hundreds of…

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Geri Moore

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Airline pilot and travel writer based in London.

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