The great big Odyssey Screenshots thread
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You piqued my interest there for a minute!
3D TV side by side view.
Evolutionary biology tells us this is nonsense. Life restricted to a few spots on a planet is probably not going to survive very long due to local changes in climate, natural disasters like volcanoes, basically any localised phenomena could wipe out such life forms. For life to survive it needs to adapt to local conditions and spread out, if life exists it will be endemic, not localised.
It is better to think of life as a property of a planet, as far as we know. Biospheres are probably the unit, not organisms or a few small groves scattered on opposite sides of a planet. Obviously these life forms we are seeing are able to survive in what would be, for us, totally inhospitable conditions. Clearly there must be some source of free energy on these planets, and materials suitable to dissipate that free energy. The life forms that we see may be inappropriate for the conditions seen on these planets (we don't know!). But the argument that flora, if it exists, should be confined to a few tiny places just doesn't ring true.
Here's a screenshot:
Here's a screenshot:
Found a body with 7 bio signals, so I suppose that means 7 different types, only tracked down around 3 or 4 before I left. There's more out there for sure.
WOW that is a pretty sight, what planet is that? I've been looking for a kind of red/brownish sky but have only really found light purplesIt is better to think of life as a property of a planet, as far as we know. Biospheres are probably the unit, not organisms or a few small groves scattered on opposite sides of a planet. Obviously these life forms we are seeing are able to survive in what would be, for us, totally inhospitable conditions. Clearly there must be some source of free energy on these planets, and materials suitable to dissipate that free energy. The life forms that we see may be inappropriate for the conditions seen on these planets (we don't know!). But the argument that flora, if it exists, should be confined to a few tiny places just doesn't ring true.
Here's a screenshot:
They are still testing the radar invisibility gadgets?
Queueing for a portaloo - Burning Man 3307.
I have some questions.
Well, I'll have none then. Or maybe just wait for planets with denser atmosphere of which just a few have some life?
What about biomes in certain areas of planets?
I'm not a botanist (so everything I say is probably nonsense) but my expectation of the progression would be:
- lifeless world
- world with small pockets of very primitive life
- world with widespread primitive life
- world with widespread primitive life and pockets of larger, more advanced species
- world with widespread advanced life of varied types.
What I wouldn't expect are planets that are mostly lifeless, but then with pockets of large, advanced species like that. Yes, if there were unique local conditions (source of water on a dry rocky world, or volcanism providing heat etc.) but otherwise it's strange to have dead worlds with these lush localised 'oases'.