"Vast, echoing and God-like." That is how T.E. Lawrence, the British archaeologist and army officer who inspired the 1962 film "Lawrence of Arabia," described Wadi Rum.

Because the sand is red and almost surreal, Wadi Rum is cast regularly as the red planet. Mission to Mars , Red Planet , The Last Days on Mars and The Martian were all filmed here.

At SunCity Camp in Wadi Rum, Jordan Freedomes set up 20 geodesic dome tents to give visitors the feel of traveling to Mars. ... Jordan – close to where the 2015 movie “The Martian” was filmed.

How ‘The Martian’s’ Ridley Scott Replicated Mars in the Middle East. The director used the vast landscape of the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan (and the world's largest soundstage in Budapest) to ...

“Vast, echoing and God-like.” That is how T.E. Lawrence, the British archaeologist and army officer who inspired the 1962 film “Lawrence of Arabia,” described Wadi Rum. As y… ...

So, for "The Martian," Scott and his crew travelled to Wadi Rum (Valley of the Moon), a protected area in the south of Jordan close to the border with Saudi Arabia.