Where was The Martian filmed? The film's iconic Mars setting was primarily shot in Jordan's Wadi Rum desert in Jordan to mimic the planet's surface perfectly. Additional scenes were filmed in ...

Wadi Rum is perhaps Jordan’s most prolific movie star ... Mars Not the last film in our selection to exploit Wadi Rum’s ‘martian’ landscape, but probably the least successful.

Last year's smash hit "The Martian" went through a lot to convince viewers that Matt Damon was actually stranded on Mars. While inspired by the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan, where some of it was ...

“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 ...

Wadi Rum is a desert valley located in the southern part of Jordan. The valley is known for its stunning landscapes, towering ...

Towards the end of 2014 the Slovak climbers Jozef Kristoffy and Martin Krasnansky spent a month climbing in Jordan with the aim of establishing a new difficult route in the Wadi Rum area. After ...

A rare lunar meteorite has been discovered in the Wadi Rum desert, marking the first confirmed find of its kind in Jordan and the Middle East.The meteorite, confirmed to have originated from the Moon, ...