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Places

Twenty-four places, eight realms

Places

A place earns its page here by behaving like nowhere else: a lagoon between dunes, a mountain that burns at night, an island that evolved alone. Each one carries a simulation card, a sample day and the honest number of days it needs.

The atlas

Sand
Ice
Fire
Island
Summit
Canopy
Otherworld
Water

Sand · Wadi Rum · Sossusvlei · Atacama

Everything in Sand

Wadi Rum

Jordan · March to April and October to November Wadi Rum Sandstone towers, Bedouin camps and the quietest night sky in the Middle East 3 daysWonder 8/10Effort 4/10

Sossusvlei and Deadvlei

Namibia · May to September Sossusvlei and Deadvlei The tallest dunes on earth and a clay pan of trees that died nine centuries ago 3 daysWonder 9/10Effort 5/10

Atacama Desert

Chile · March to May and September to November Atacama Desert The driest place on earth, geysers at 4,300 metres and salt lakes with flamingos 4 daysWonder 9/10Effort 5/10

Ice · Svalbard · Ilulissat · Antarctic Peninsula

Everything in Ice

Svalbard

Norway · March to May for snow with daylight Svalbard Polar bears, glaciers to the sea and four months without a sunset 6 daysWonder 10/10Effort 5/10

Ilulissat Icefjord

Greenland · June to September for boats and the midnight sun Ilulissat Icefjord A fjord full of icebergs the size of cathedrals, calved from the fastest glacier on earth 5 daysWonder 10/10Effort 4/10

Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctica · November to March Antarctic Peninsula Two days across the Drake Passage to the only continent that belongs to nobody 11 daysWonder 10/10Effort 4/10

Fire · Danakil · Mount Yasur · Iceland Highlands

Everything in Fire

Danakil Depression

Ethiopia · November to February Danakil Depression A lava lake, acid springs in yellow and green, and a salt plain 120 metres below the sea 4 daysWonder 10/10Effort 7/10

Mount Yasur, Tanna

Vanuatu · May to October Mount Yasur, Tanna The most accessible active volcano on earth, erupting every few minutes since Captain Cook saw its glow 3 daysWonder 9/10Effort 3/10

Iceland Highlands

Iceland · July and August Iceland Highlands Rhyolite mountains in yellow, red and green, hot rivers and a trail across lava and ice 5 daysWonder 9/10Effort 7/10

Island · Socotra · Faroe Islands · Galápagos

Everything in Island

Socotra

Yemen · February to April Socotra Dragon’s blood trees, bottle trees and an island that evolved on its own for twenty million years 8 daysWonder 10/10Effort 5/10

Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands · May to August Faroe Islands Eighteen islands of grass and basalt where the weather changes every twenty minutes 5 daysWonder 8/10Effort 5/10

Galápagos

Ecuador · Every month Galápagos Islands where the animals never learned to be afraid 8 daysWonder 10/10Effort 3/10

Summit · Torres del Paine · Ladakh · Bhutan

Everything in Summit

Torres del Paine

Chile · November to March Torres del Paine Three granite towers, a glacier the size of a city and wind that has its own grades 8 daysWonder 10/10Effort 7/10

Ladakh and Zanskar

India · June to September for the passes and treks Ladakh and Zanskar A high desert of monasteries and passes above 5,000 metres, and a frozen river you walk on in January 10 daysWonder 9/10Effort 7/10

Bhutan, Jomolhari trek

Bhutan · April to May for rhododendrons Bhutan, Jomolhari trek A trek to the foot of a sacred mountain in the last Himalayan kingdom, blue sheep and a fee that keeps it quiet 10 daysWonder 9/10Effort 8/10

Canopy · Manu · Danum Valley · Bwindi

Everything in Canopy

Manu, Amazon

Peru · May to October Manu, Amazon From the Andes to the Amazon in a day, then a week where the forest does the talking 7 daysWonder 9/10Effort 5/10

Danum Valley, Borneo

Malaysia · March to October Danum Valley, Borneo The oldest rainforest on earth, orangutans in the canopy and a walkway above it 4 daysWonder 9/10Effort 4/10

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Uganda · June to August and December to February Bwindi Impenetrable Forest An hour with a family of mountain gorillas, after a morning of climbing through the forest that gives them their home 3 daysWonder 10/10Effort 6/10

Otherworld · Salar de Uyuni · Zhangjiajie · Tsingy de Bemaraha

Everything in Otherworld

Salar de Uyuni

Bolivia · January to March for the mirror Salar de Uyuni The largest salt flat on earth, a mirror in the wet season and a white desert in the dry 4 daysWonder 10/10Effort 5/10

Zhangjiajie

China · April to May and September to November Zhangjiajie Three thousand sandstone pillars in mist, and the world’s longest glass bridge across a canyon 4 daysWonder 9/10Effort 4/10

Tsingy de Bemaraha

Madagascar · June to October Tsingy de Bemaraha A forest of limestone needles crossed on cables and ladders, with lemurs living on the blades 5 daysWonder 10/10Effort 6/10

Water · Raja Ampat · Okavango · Lençóis Maranhenses

Everything in Water

Raja Ampat

Indonesia · October to April Raja Ampat The richest reef on earth, seen from a liveaboard among islands like green teeth 10 daysWonder 10/10Effort 4/10

Okavango Delta

Botswana · June to October: the flood peaks in July and August while the land dries Okavango Delta A river that never reaches the sea, flooding a desert every winter and filling it with animals 6 daysWonder 10/10Effort 3/10

Lençóis Maranhenses

Brazil · June to September: the lagoons are full and the rain has stopped Lençóis Maranhenses A desert of white dunes that fills with turquoise lagoons every winter 4 daysWonder 10/10Effort 4/10

The Simulation Brief

One place, one simulator, one honest number. Every second Sunday.

No newsletter theatre. A short e-mail with the place we modelled, what the model said and what the ground said back.