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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by scotty79 on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:08AM (#32749529)
It's really hard to imagine earthlike planet without vegetation. Deserts would look the same. But how would temperate zone look with soil and rocks and streams and lakes but zero plants.
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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by genocidicbunny on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:17AM (#32749602)
> Deserts would look the same.

I don't think this is 100% the case. Most deserts on Earth actually have a relatively large variety of life in them -- even the most desiccated deserts will often have at least bacteria of some sort living in them.

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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by johnchristopher on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:31AM (#32749716)
So, they would basically look the same when looking at them through my space suit helmet.
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