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Silent Running

This Milwaukee night scene immediately reminded me of an old science fiction movie, Silent Running, in which a domed horticultural spaceship is loaded with the last of earth's plant life. But not to worry. Faced with nature gone extinct and the brink of humanity’s own destruction, mankind found its salvation in and a taste for everything synthetic– in the consistency and GMO-like dependability that synthetic plants provide over the natural. The greenhouse, with its now unnecessary cargo of chaotic nature, was ordered to be blown up. It instead ended up running silently amuck in space, with its human crew dead, thanks to one of the crew members.

Don't blame artificial intelligence that suddenly reached sentience. Don't blame cute little robots, although they are there too. Nope. This is a dystopian tale about man and his choices. It may also be about madness from long outings in space. In the theme of man versus nature, it projects the eventual outcome of man winning not just the battle but also the entire war. And in doing so, losing.

That was a movie from 1972, guys and gals. At the time the story's assumptions seemed preposterous and unfathomable to me. I mean, how can flowers, corn, and plants be replaced, augmented, or synthesized? Not any more.

(This is actually a night photograph of one of the biodomes at the Mitchell Park Horticulture Conservatory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.)

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Taken in: United States / Wisconsin / Milwaukee / Clarke Square (show map)

Taken on: November 1, 2021

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/8.0, 30 sec, 24mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.0 (Macintosh)
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