“The Martian” is the latest blockbuster to use Jordan’s Wadi Rum region as a stand-in for Mars.
Because of the barren landscape and the reddish hue of the terrain, Mars movies like “Red Planet” and “The Last Days on Mars” were shot there.
The Mars backdrops you see in “The Martian” actually exist in southern Jordan.
Director Ridley Scott called Wadi Rum “The Eighth Wonder of the World.”
Story by Tony Manfred and editing by Jeremy Dreyfuss
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