Lunar landscape
In the literal sense, lunar landscape refers to a landscape on the earth's moon . In a figurative sense, lunar landscape denotes an area with almost no vegetation that is covered exclusively by stones, stone formations, dust, rubble or sand. These landscapes on earth were often created by volcanic eruptions or progressive soil erosion .
Examples:
- the Swakoptal east of the seaside resort Swakopmund in the Namib Desert in Namibia ,
- the caldera of Teide in Tenerife and
- the landscape around the Turkish town of Göreme , Cappadocia , whose landscape formations were placed under protection by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1985 .
A lunar landscape is also used to describe areas that have been severely damaged by the effects of war, for example the rouge zone in the First World War .
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Actual landscape on the moon, captured by the Apollo 17 mission
"Moon landscape" of the lower Swakoptal in Namibia
"Moon landscape" of the lower Swakoptal in Namibia
First World War: Chateauwald near Ypres, 1917
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