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Review
What would happen to the world we leave
behind? On The History Channel World premiere Monday, January 21st, 2008
9:00 p.m. ET/PT
What
would happen to planet earth if the human race were to suddenly disappear
forever? Would ecosystems thrive? What remnants of our industrialized world
would survive? What would crumble fastest? From the ruins of ancient
civilizations to present day cities devastated by natural disasters, history
gives us clues to these questions and many more in the visually stunning and
thought-provoking new special LIFE
AFTER PEOPLE.
Abandoned skyscrapers would after hundreds of years, become vertical
ecosystems complete with birds, rodents and even plant life. A particular
small animal might be responsible for bringing down the Hoover Dam hydroelectric
plant. Swelled rivers, crumbling bridges and buildings, grizzly bears in
California and herds of buffalo returning to the Great Western Plains: in a
world without humans, these would be the visual hallmarks. Our cars would shrivel to piles of dust, our house pets would be
overtaken by flourishing wildlife, and most of the records of our human
story—books, photos, records—would fade quickly, leaving little record that
we ever existed.
Using feature film quality visual effects and top
experts in the fields of engineering, botany, ecology, biology, geology,
climatology, and archeology, Life After
People provides an amazing visual
journey through the ultimately hypothetical. Science fiction or ultimate
reality? You decide!
We give this program an enthusiastic 4 of 5 Herodoti
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