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How NYC Would Look on Other Planets

Posted May 20, 2013 1:12 PM

From SPACE.com:

The iconic city as seen through other planets' air.

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05/20/2013 4:35 PM

Here, fixed it for them. They forgot Pluto. (Actually, they left it off deliberately, the b@st@rds.)

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05/20/2013 5:14 PM

Venus looks like L.A. Can't tell them apart.
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05/20/2013 6:24 PM

The air on Venus isn't as toxic.

No worries about reservoir walls collapsing during a Venusquake.

But the New Yorkers will still complain about the city shutting down when it snows.

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05/20/2013 6:38 PM

Uranus and Neptune looked like the normal cloudy and windy conditions seen here in ND.

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05/21/2013 3:57 AM

"Air"? Isn't air present only on Earth?

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