Tunisia, the feeling of walking on the moon: Separate shar

Separate shar region, where the red rocks and hills are located in the Tatavin city of Tunisia, gives the tourists the feeling of walking on the Moon.

Separate shar region, where the red rocks and the slopes of these rocks are found in the Tatavin city of Tunis, has a different experience to the view that resembles the moon's surface.

Approximately 5 hectares of the area, 15 kilometers from the city center, have gained an interesting geographical appearance due to the formation of rocks eroded by water over time.

The area where thousands of small rocks are located attracts attention with its dressed-up structure. The rocks, which look like a big mushroom, bump into the region in places.

Tourists wandering on the red rocks and hills in the Separate shar region, which is named for the "Moon's surface" because of the view, say that they feel like walking around on the Moon's surface.

Habib Alcan, researcher of the Tunisian National Mining Divan, said that the history of the region extends to the Triassic Period (Dinosaurs Revolution), which dates from 251 million years ago and is believed to have ended 205 million years ago.

Alcan said that the rocks that formed the rocks formed 200 million years ago by the water and the wind, and that this name was given because of the similarity of the red rocks and interesting spreads of the region.

Muhammad Ravvan, head of the Tunisian Desert Palaces Association, said that the importance of the region was noticed late, "We did not pay any attention to this before, but recently some scientists, geologists and researchers visited it and said that the region looked like the surface of the Moon. "he said.

Tunisian civilian activist Hadi bin Cedyan said that the region has been recently attracted by local and foreign tourists and that geologists and geologists studying in the area frequently visit the region.