This is the place where The Martian starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and Kristen Wiig was filmed at Wadi Rum in Wadi Rum, Jordan. Start scrolling to find out more.
Mark Watney left alone on Mars: 'I'm the first person to be alone on an entire planet.'
Wadi Rum is a protected desert wilderness in southern Jordan. It features dramatic sandstone mountains like the many-domed Jebel Um Ishrin, and natural arches such as Burdah Rock Bridge. Many prehistoric inscriptions and carvings line rocky caverns and steep chasms, such as Khazali Canyon. The natural watering hole of Lawrence’s Spring is named after British soldier Lawrence of Arabia, who allegedly washed there. Shots of Wadi Rum in Lawrence of Arabia from 1962 kick-started Jordan's tourism industry. Filming for The Martian began in March 2015, for shots that stood in for the surface of Mars.
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During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
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