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December 2014 Challenge: Nocturnum
. Being too close to its Host star the surface temps are too extreme for typical life form. Life however finds it way. The whole of this planets ecology has evolved to utilize a combination of thermo-synthesis and lesser photosynthesis to supply the base for the food change. The ceilings and walls of the subterranean caverns on this planet are the home of thermal synthesizing organisms that use the heat transferred from the surface as it is baked by the sun to sustain its own life. Producing in the process light providing a weak daylight to the surrounding areas. Slightly more advance Plantlike lifeforms use this light along with heat to sustain there own life and so the base of the food change is formed.
