I think of films like Alien. The landscape in that is deep deep space. It’s like a Rothko painting for the whole film. You’re just there going ‘I feel very low, I feel very dark.' ...

our guide Diego Araya summed up the absolute strangeness of shooting in the dark - "It's like filming on the moon or underwater - a totally different world, an alien landscape." Cameraman Dawson ...

Such responses seem based on the image’s similarity to classic Hollywood depictions of aliens, including the oversized dark eyes. “Alien with a black bandanna over its face,” posted Dina ...