Bizarre trees on Socotra Island
Socotra or Soqotra is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean. It lies some 80 kilometres (50 mi) east of the Horn of Africa and 380 kilometres (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. The island is very isolated and through the process of speciation, a third of its plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. It has been described as the most alien-looking place on Earth. With trees that look like that I can believe it!
