Anyone seen this immensely intriguing special/film on the National Geographic channel? It's basically just an educated hypothesis of what will become of Earth if suddenly every last human being vanished never to return.
It first deals with the loss of power to cities and towns and then onto the dangerous junk we left behind, nuclear facilities heating up and going critical before blanketing much of the Earth in radioactive gases and particles (this was a damn depressing part of the program to me) to how the pets and animal life in our zoo's will cope when having to suddenly fend for themselves without us.
But then the program takes on a powerfully soothing tone as the Earth slowly begins recovering and shedding itself of any evidence that we were ever here, the Eiffel tower slowly collapses along with the Statue of Liberty, skyscrapers and cities crumble to the ground from rot and trees and plant life grows to cover them.
I must admit that i've always wondered what our impact on the planet would be should we become extinct and I never thought it was going to be that cheery but this program went a long way into making me feel at ease about it, it was actually quite comforting to watch.
Sure it was just hypothetical but much of what was depicted and guessed at made sense to me. It looked great in HD, too, they really did a good job with the effects.
If you've seen the show i'd like to know what you thought of what was depicted, did you agree with it?
It first deals with the loss of power to cities and towns and then onto the dangerous junk we left behind, nuclear facilities heating up and going critical before blanketing much of the Earth in radioactive gases and particles (this was a damn depressing part of the program to me) to how the pets and animal life in our zoo's will cope when having to suddenly fend for themselves without us.
But then the program takes on a powerfully soothing tone as the Earth slowly begins recovering and shedding itself of any evidence that we were ever here, the Eiffel tower slowly collapses along with the Statue of Liberty, skyscrapers and cities crumble to the ground from rot and trees and plant life grows to cover them.
I must admit that i've always wondered what our impact on the planet would be should we become extinct and I never thought it was going to be that cheery but this program went a long way into making me feel at ease about it, it was actually quite comforting to watch.
Sure it was just hypothetical but much of what was depicted and guessed at made sense to me. It looked great in HD, too, they really did a good job with the effects.
If you've seen the show i'd like to know what you thought of what was depicted, did you agree with it?
Some people really seem to get off on this stuff. I think it is a bit morbid. 
