Amid crimson-red beaches and crystal-white sand dunes, 800 hundred different species, some of them existing for more than 20 million years, can be found on the scorched rocky surface of this island now referred to as Socotra, meaning “the Island of Bliss” in ancient Sanskrit.

These unique and weird looking trees are located on Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean. These extraordinary trees are called Dragons blood trees due to the red resin they are producing and which was used as dye and medicine in ancient times. Looking like open umbrellas, they make the Diksam Platou to one of the most alien looking place on the earth.