Dune (Algeria’s Version) – April 3, 2022
Algeria’s Tassili n’Ajjer National Park looks like a frame from Denis Villeneuve’s adaption of Dune in this image taken December 11, 2020 using one of the external cameras aboard the International Space Station. In the left of this image is Issaouane Erg (erg is derived from the Arabic word for “dune field”), a sandy expanse that features some alien-looking forests of sandstone amongst its dunes. On the right is darker sandstone featuring winding chasms that were once coursing rivers. The park has also been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its over 15,000 cave paintings.
