Alien plant. Artwork of an alien plant adapted to live on a planet with high surface gravity. The plant differs to those found on Earth. Its short, th

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Alien plant. Artwork of an alien plant adapted to live on a planet with high surface gravity. The plant differs to those found on Earth. Its short, thick, stocky appearance allows it to survive the crushing pressures of high gravity. A rocky planet that is times the diameter of Earth would have twice the mass and three times the surface gravity of Earth. It would have a thick atmosphere causing a greenhouse effect. For life to exist, it would need to be sufficiently far from its parent star to avoid a runaway greenhouse effect, such as on the planet Venus.

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Size: 4850px × 3638px
Photo credit: © CHRISTIAN DARKIN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: alien, artwork, astrobiology, biological, biology, botanical, botany, computer, exobiology, extraterrestrial, fauna, form, gravity, high, illustration, life, nature, planet, plant, short, single, stocky, wildlife, xenoscience