No need to go all the way to Mars to experience living in a colony on Mars. You can live in an earthship right here on your own planet. News.com reports that these earthships, built of natural and recycled materials, and designed to maintain a consistent temperature on the inside, exist in every state in the U.S. The photo above is of an earthship near Taos, New Mexico as part of the Earthship World Community. Who knew? I feel like I've been living on another planet.

See more photos here, including a shot of a home that could have been in Anakin Skywalker's childhood neighborhood.