In Cappadocia, the thrill of hurtling along a trail on two wheels is amplified by its otherworldly landscape of rock pillars, known as "fairy chimneys", many reaching more than 40 metres high, as well as its cave houses and ancient Byzantine churches.
The hour added something otherworldly to the atmosphere.
It's taken a starring role in Gladiator, Rules of Engagement, Alexander and Babel The kasbahs, Berber villages and otherworldly sandscapes are the key draw.
Hodges's story, in its mix of the otherworldly and the all-too-human, is central to the narrative flow of Find a Fallen Star, which combines Petersen's own images with archive press cuttings, found photos and first-hand testimonies.
It's the mood of the record that initially captivates: it is otherworldly but uplifting as much as unsettling.
In thinly applied pinks, violets and greys, each canvas features an almost otherworldly view of the Thames.
And disapproval of Britain's imperial history is an important element of this, because Scottish socialists consider Britain itself an imperial enterprise, to which the once-promising Labour movement has been co-opted.It is an otherworldly argument, which pays little heed to the great changes in multi-ethnic, modern Britain.
"We are not just fighting for food to be brought in, but for al-Aqsa [the mosque in Jerusalem that is Islam's third-holiest site]. Can Hamas compromise?Hamas's claims of "victory" may strike many shell-shocked Gazans as otherworldly.
Inside, it's easy to imagine how the cathedral's vast dimensions would seem otherworldly to the medieval mind.Construction began in 1248, as the archdiocese needed a larger building to serve the flood of visitors that poured into the city after it acquired the remains of the Three Magi, Christianity's first pilgrims.
AN ARMY of buffers attends to the cars at motor shows, continually polishing them to a level of otherworldly gleam.
IT IS about 24 hours until the end of the annual party conference season, and three weeks of a strange, unhealthy existence for the journalists, lobbyists and other parasitic types who follow the British political caravan.Conferences used to be held at seaside resorts like Blackpool, Brighton and Bournemouth, lending them a uniquely bleak, otherworldly feel.
