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Title text:

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

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

Awwwww

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Compared to every other known planet thats barely noticeable tho.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago

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

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yep, uninhabitable.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Reasonable gravity: check.

Liquid water: check.

Breathable atmosphere: check.

Looks great! Just... Oh, wait. Shit. It's completely infested with capitalism. Yet another uninhabitable planet.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 days ago

"oh god it's got frenchmen"

[–] Tja@programming.dev 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Those pesky capitalist are ruining the planet! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Karachay

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, the state capitalists as well.

[–] Tja@programming.dev -2 points 4 days ago

No true Scotsman, huh?

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Looks like we’re s.o.l.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago