15 Places in Utah That’ll Make You Swear You’re on Another Planet
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Catherine Armstrong
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Some places in Utah look similar to what we think other planets might be like. So much so, that several science fiction movies and tv shows have been filmed here! The next time you find yourself in one of these 15 places in Utah, use your imagination a little… can you picture what it would be like to emerge from a spacecraft onto this landscape?
I doubt there's another spot on Earth that looks more alien than Goblin Valley.
The vast, barren Bonneville Salt Flats definitely feel other-worldly.
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This sandstone wall at Devil’s Garden looks like it’s made of alien bones.
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A Mexican hat… or a spaceship perched on a precipice?
I’m surprised this woman on Toadstool Trail at the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument isn’t wearing a space suit!
No, this isn’t the set from an old episode of Star Trek. This shot was taken in Ferron.
Butch Cassidy hid out here, but it also looks like the surface of a far-away planet...maybe a good spot to hide your space ship from hostile aliens?
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Perhaps the Native American who drew this petroglyph witnessed an alien visitor? It stands to reason that if Capitol Reef has the same geography as a planet, homesick aliens might want to stop by for a visit!
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More evidence that Utah’s Native Americans were visited by an alien species?
The Sound of Silence Trail looks like it could be on Mars.
I expect Spock to show up any time now.
I think this might look like Asteroid B-612, where the LIttle Prince lived.
Some shots of Planet of the Apes (1968) were filmed at Glen Canyon. Directors returned to Glen Canyon for the remake of the movie in 2001.
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In the movie, Star Trek (2009), shots of the planet Vulcan were filmed at the San Rafael Swell.
A rough spot to land a spacecraft, but a pretty cool looking planet.
What’s your favorite other-worldly spot in Utah?
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