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Mars on Earth where Lawrence rode to Aqaba

Wadi Rum is a spectacularly scenic desert valley in southern Jordan. Masses of soaring cliffs and sandstone and granite mountains. Wadi Rum is Arabic for "Roman Valley", or "Valley of the Rum", as the
Wadi Rum is a spectacularly scenic desert valley in southern Jordan. Masses of soaring cliffs and sandstone and granite mountains. Wadi Rum is Arabic for "Roman Valley", or "Valley of the Rum", as… © Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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