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A completely hypothetical but plausible view of a landscape in the twilight zone of "TRAPPIST-1 e", one of seven really existing planets around a faint red dwarf star, about 40 light years away from Earth. The planet is moving in the habitable zone around its star. If the Earth-like rocky planet has an atmosphere and water, it could harbor life. TRAPPIST-1 e orbits its host star in bounded rotation, i.e. it always shows the same side to its sun. Thus a local "day" is as long as a local "year". There is actually only a hot day side and a cold night side, which never change.

The picture shows us the "moderate" zone around the Terminator, the day and night border. Nevertheless there are probably strong winds here, which make life more difficult. The rocky ground is covered by a (hypothetical) bioluminescent life form, similar to our lichens. Cloud formations constantly move across the sky, shone by the dim reddish light of the red dwarf just behind us on the horizon. In the already dark starry sky two more planets of the system are visible: TRAPPIST-1 f and g.

Terragen 4.4.44 and Pixelmator Pro 1.71

Description

A completely hypothetical but plausible view of a landscape in the twilight zone of "TRAPPIST-1 e", one of seven really existing planets around a faint red dwarf star, about 40 light years away from Earth. The planet is moving in the habitable zone around its star. If the Earth-like rocky planet has an atmosphere and water, it could harbor life. TRAPPIST-1 e orbits its host star in bounded rotation, i.e. it always shows the same side to its sun. Thus a local "day" is as long as a local "year". There is actually only a hot day side and a cold night side, which never change.

The picture shows us the "moderate" zone around the Terminator, the day and night border. Nevertheless there are probably strong winds here, which make life more difficult. The rocky ground is covered by a (hypothetical) bioluminescent life form, similar to our lichens. Cloud formations constantly move across the sky, shone by the dim reddish light of the red dwarf just behind us on the horizon. In the already dark starry sky two more planets of the system are visible: TRAPPIST-1 f and g.

Terragen 4.4.44 and Pixelmator Pro 1.71