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xkcd #3311: Planet Database

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Atmospheric transmission spectroscopy has revealed that the sunsets from the observatory are really pretty.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3311/

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait...heavily polluted and in the middle of an extinction event.

Awwwww

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Compared to every other known planet thats barely noticeable tho.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

And probably still reversible if we could get our fucking capitalism in check.