What Would Plants Look Like on an Alien World? I The Isla Project: Episode 1
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- In the first episode of the Isla project, we discuss the plants that call Isla home, as well as the means by which they reproduce. Pollinators are vitally important on a planet like Isla, so we also take some time to discuss how various animal species have coevolved with the flora of their environment.
All art was made by and belongs to me unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Huge thanks to the awesome artists who contributed pieces for this episode:
Christian Cline: IG @christian_cline ( / christian_cline ) , go check out his awesome new book "A Teeming Universe" here - www.amazon.com/dp/B09FCCCDRN/...
Mathijs Megens: IG @Foldwave ( / foldwave )
Domenic Pennetta: IG @project_perditus ( / project_perditus )
Miles Rosenbloom: IG @milesr.exobio ( / milesr.exobio )
Thanks for watching :)
Alright I've gotten a million comments over the years correcting this, and while I appreciate the interest I've gotten tired of reading them all.
To correct the record: Isla does rotate! There was an error when writing the script, and what I meant to say was "the planet does not rotate relative to its axis of orbit ". The unique property of tidally locked bodies is that a single period of their axial rotation is equal to a single orbital period, or in other words their day is as long as their year. As a result of this there is no distributed light exposure across the planet and instead we see the classic "eyeball earth" archetype. One side of Isla (the substellar, or northern hemisphere) experiences constant exposure to it's star, where as the opposing side (the antistellar, or southern hemisphere) is plunged into a perpetual night. But importantly - it does rotate!
In the near future I'm planning on making an introductory "episode 0" of sorts which will go over all of the fundamental information needed to understand the project, and I'll correct this error as well.
Thanks ✌
I'm curious to know if you have included orbital eccentricity in your Isla project. This would mean that the planet is not completely tidally locked, but will "librate", and the sun would appear to wobble back and forth around its average position relative to the planet. This would imply that the terminator is not completely fixed: The sun viewed from the terminator would appear to rise and set at the same spot,and the terminator will experience a day and night cycle.
There is a little bit of eccentricity, but not enough for a full rising and setting of the sun in most areas of the planet. Instead more just an oscillation of its position in the sky. I will go into more detail in the future when I make an "overview episode 0" @@christmassnow3465
It's ok. I still loved the video, and coincidentally, was reading your explanation as the video began, and the error played by and I chuckled, unaire.exactly why... not a huge mistake tho, and, relatively, if you were on the surface, you'd sure think the space rock you inhabited sure didn't rotate lol
The issue of synchronous orbiting and rotation due to tidal locking raises a new question: As rotation still occurs, it is expected to have a small but maybe noticeable Coriolis effect on the atmosphere. If correct, air convection will not be completely radially symmetrical like the "eyeball". As an example, look at Venus' slow rotation: Satellite image of the atmosphere reveals a V-shaped pattern showing how Venusian air currents move.
This is a 30 minute video of some guy talking about made up plants and I frikin love it
And the art is *crispy* chefs kiss
@@itsjustalf7747 As an artis and a triple braincell genius I can confirm that the art does in fact possess an extremely high level of *crispness* .
Same :)
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This is by and large the most "scientific"-feeling speculative biology project I've ever seen. Everything about this project is perfect from the totally unique and plausible design of the organisms, to the art, the narration, and the inclusion of actual graphs and diagrams to help explain what you're saying. This project is awesome!! It really rivals projects like Anu and Ilion.
*notices Cerberus is that you Tree-Sparrow?
@@haydend.maniac227 Hello! Yes it is :)
Dylan Everett oh my sweet Bionis *faints
Checkout sniad
@@anthraxcrab3238 Snaiad is awesome, but I find projects that focus on a vertebrate-based design for their dominant fauna quite unrealistic in terms of scientific speculation. Snaiad is victim of this, in my opinion. It's highly unlikely that a phylum of alien 'animals' would evolve to have such a similar endoskeleton as Terrestrial vertebrates. As a result, I'd place Snaiad below projects like Isla, Anu, and Ilion in terms of "scientific accuracy" (as meaningless as this term really is in *speculative* biology)...
I can't tell you how happy I am with a spec bio video exclusively about plants!
I feel often that they're glossed over in the grander community.
This project is quite realistic, it feels like a documentary about an actual existing planet.
Plus the art is so good!
Yeah, the quality of art, factual information and how it’s delivered makes this a new gold standard in speculative biology
this is the kind of content that there should be more of on youtube imo. underrated video
plenty more to come!
I agree Qibli from the hit novel series wings of fire.
My friends flame my Recommended because it's full with Philosophy, Evolution, stuff about Society and some random bullshit in between and memes ofc
Hi, random dragon!
sorry for the late reply but curious archive has amazing videos about spec bio.
The idea of niche construction tends not to be explored by your competitors. Such things as "ridge gardens" and ecosystems underneath of suspended "platophytes," as well as constructed niches like the shaded regions under megaeodrontis, are novel. I also liked the juxtaposition of K-strategic vertically elongated pupils and r-strategic horizontally elongated pupils on the same beast. It made me think that the K-strategic eyes might have emerged by r-strategic ruminants that learned to climb trunks into the understorey, where they learned to brachiate only after evolving a secondary K-strategic eye. I couldn't be more impressed. I've watched all of your competitors.
You mispronounce "aposematism," and you misspell "unpalatability." "Kinetesynthetic" should, one presumes, be "Kinetosynthetic."
Competitors?
competitors? is there like a contest going on?
With your first video, you’ve already become one of my favorite specevo channel. Great job.
Wow that's some high praise!
This project has absolutely stunning visuals! In fact, it's probably the best-looking speculative evolution project I've seen in years, rivaled maybe only by project Serina. The only little bit of criticism I can mention would be about the general look of a planet from space - I guess there should have been a blackish-colored belt where the main biomass of flora is located, just as we see our Earth as green from space where forests grow.
Also, I am absolutely thrilled to know more about kinetesynthetic life! That's something I've never seen before in speculative evolution 🤓
wow epic man! if you're gonna continue and map out all clades on Isla this will easily become my very favourite specbio series on Yt.
Me as a mobile organism on Isla:
* absolutely bulldozing though gametes from the funny ceiling on my epic shady home *
But being shown an overwhelming array of images in the beginning, and slowly gaining context for those images as the video progressed made for a very fun and interactive journey!
I'm glad to hear that you liked that aspect of the video. I'll be sure to continue that style in the future!
That would also be me, lol.
It was so great getting to see your project in development for so long, and contributing to it was a plus! Excellent work indeed!!
First! I'm so glad this is becoming a video series. Such a wonderful and underrated project.
That's wonderful to hear!
Omg I love this so much this is just a few out there that focuses on speculative botany, and the fact that these species have no exact earth counterparts which must have been really thought out and planned. I really really love this.
Wow, this is really well made, I'm really excited to see where this goes!
Like genuinely, this is awesome
Just found this, and i love it! Many speculative evolution projects pay little attention to flora, but you're starting off with it! I'd love to explore more of this planet's unique plants.
Incredible video! This world and its biology is so well thought out
this is probably one of the best speculative evolution vids I think I've ever seen, it really feels alien from the life on earth while not feeling too out there or cartoony
This is by far the most detailed and beautifully depicted speculative evolution project since 'Serina'. I love it.
Unsurprisingly the script and imagery is incredible
I have to say that I’m loving this worldbuilding project so far. I am a little curious as to why some of those plants didn’t evolve more photosynthetic areas bug weirder things’ve happened on Earth and I imagine we’ll discover more in future videos and come to understand.
Great content and art! Honestly it’s really exquisite spec evo. Subscribed and liked! I love your brain!
Great question! I assume you mean stuff like leaves or more plates. Two answers: first, the wind severely limits exposed plants from covering large surface area , however I am open to the idea that sheltered plants have the potential for surface are expansion. Second, something I didn't touch on in this video is that many communal plants practice "nutrient sharing", a process which essentially allows them to pass sugars between each other. This means that plants have to rely less on their own individual photosynthesis.
@@Oliver_but_digital thanks for replying 😀
I don’t necessarily mean leaves but other areas of the plant that are open to either direct photosynthesis or to evolution of additional photosynthetic appendages (we could call them leaves I guess). Many of these plant analogues you’ve described in your taxonomical study of this planet have huge surface areas by virtue of their reproductive protrusions or large and enhanced roots.
In plants on Earth, all green parts, including stems and fruits when green involve chloroplasts to increase photosynthesis. I see these huge amazingly designed plants where the plate is only a 3m or so part at the centre with huge dozens of meters appendages directly in the sunlight too (root or gonostsalk) All it would take is one mutation that causes expression of their version of photosynthetic pigment in non plate areas to have a massive advantage. Initially when I saw the spots on your larger “trees” I assumed this to be a version of that but it was a different species
Surely a species like this would evolve to have auxiliary photosynthesis on the other limbs at the very least or to have additional plates grow on the roots to increase proper photosynthetic area (perhaps as a form of asexual reproduction? Grow a plate that photosynthesises and dump it when it becomes less valuable or when struggling, possibly allowing it to get carried off by the wind or to struggle below?)
Again I love this so far but given the examples of all photosynthetic life on Earth (not a great sample size I know) I think that the photosynthetic restriction could be loosened from the plate. A “plant” that could primary produce across that huge cross section of area would have a huge advantage and not necessarily even go the detriment of its peers for species propagation.
Please take this as constructive criticism, not any retraction. I love worldbuilding and love yours so far. I love how your plant analogies work in addition also but I think that the photosynthetic restriction to the centre (I know the “xenoangiosperms” seem to have black by their “flowers” which is good) would be selected away very quickly.
You bring up some great points! Having a constant source of sunlight made my original thinking be that the plants would require less total surface area, however I agree that more photosynthetic diversification of roots and reproductive tendrils would be expected. I'll play around with this more in the future. Perhaps plants growing farther south (and thus exposed to weaker light) would be those that most require these kinds of adaptations.
@@Oliver_but_digital Actually that's interesting what you mentioned about sheltered plants, I presume there are mountains and canyons and stuff on this planet? If that's the case there could be plants around those subjected to much weaker winds, That could likely thus grow to be taller with more parts.
I'm twenty seconds in and already sure this is gonna be epic.
Hi! I'm a lover of speculative biology and i have seen this type of videos before. When this video appeared as a recomendation of YT I thought "This video is only about plants? This looks a bit boring".
But I clicked this because I knew that other videos like this had surprise me before and I swear that I'm SOOOOO glad that I clicked it! This project is amazing and beautiful and this video has thaught me not to despise our autotroph fellows.
I will be waiting for the next videos, and good luck with this ambicious project
Also, the background music really adds to the already impressive quality
Amazing video!!
Thank you!
This was the first ever video I liked on UA-cam, and I am proud of that decision, as this is a beautiful work of art from start to finish. Everything from the art to the music to the editing and voiceover and the spec evo itself is all just incredible to behold. I’m so glad I found this community and this project, even if I’m not as into it as I was in the past.
I have been following the project since before you left Deviantart, I am absolutely fascinated with this project and with your great talent, keep it up, cheer up!
I came back to this video/series as a background aid, but found myself pleasantly surprised that it had been updated! I will now have to regularly watch these.😊
This was wonderful to watch and listen to! The pacing and music feel like a cosy and safe respite in this unfamiliar and often inhospitable alien environment. So safe in fact, that I took a nap! I enjoyed the change in ambient sounds when the images of the environment were shown, it felt like taking a step outside a research pod to admire and explore, and then ducking back inside to the safety of the pod to review what was found.
Overall, thank you for this journey!! I look forward to future investigations into the flora, fauna, and environment of this captivating world!!
I love it. I look forward to seeing what else there is to Isla. I've never seen a project explore kinetesynthesis before. I've speculated about it before too. Many biological processes on Earth are often powered by charge gradients, I wondered if something akin to an ion wind generator could ever evolve in living things.
That a super interesting idea!
This project looks very interesting!
Agreed
The amount of thought you have put into this is amazing. I have been following your artwork for a few years and am very happy to see this presentation!
This seems to be one of the most well thought out speculative evolution projects on UA-cam. I liked the idea of the bacterial infection based method of protecting one's eggs. Excited to see more from this once it's done 😊
Man this kind of defense may sound interesting, but indeed it is extremely hard to evolve and maintain and yet quite easy to overcome
this is the best speculative biology thing out there and its so underrated
So glad I found this.
Wow this is awesome!
The amount of care and effort put into this world is truly impressive. I’m always excited to see a well realized speculative biology project!
I love this sort of Spec evo stuff, this one's super cool. I love that it's a tidally locked which you don't sea that much even though those planets are super common, and also the art's super fuckin high quality and creative. This is awesome, I look forward to more!
Fantastic work!
Thanks Joschua!
I like this alien biosphere best because most projects still have trends we see on earth and the animals still look Terran in nature. These feel truly alien
this is incredible on all fronts: art, concept, explanation, and presentation!
Fantastic work. This project is at the same level as Snaiad.
As a botanist who loves speculative biology, thank you for this dope ass vid. Can’t wait to see more :)
i look forward to seeing more of this world and having you as the narratior this is awsome
this is absolutely incredible!! the art is beautiful (and incredibly realistic might i add), the science behind all of it is plausible, it all really allows me to suspend disbelief and get immersed in a way that no other specevo project has ever done. i can’t wait to see more. i’m genuinely so excited to see the rest of this planet and all the bizarre organisms is harbors.
This is honestly the best spec evo art I've seen in awhile, and the concepts are great, the only criticism I have is the name, Amazing!
Ever since The Sword's Warp Riders album came out I've been looking at how life would be on a tidal locked planet, and man here has a whole channel dedicated to it! YES
I love the idea of a world like this where there is a lot of vertically to certain ecosystems. Excited to see more!
I cant wait to see more
I like this... As you said, it's familiar and unrecognisable at the same time.
Oh my this is so interesting and well developed!
I discovered an old box set RPG from the 80's called Star Frontiers, put out by wizards of the coast. It's a buck rogers style pulp/sci-fantasy game with wild west/pirate elements as well as blasters, electro swords and space ship battles. I've been plumbing the depths of UA-cam for peoples speculative biology series to get planet ideas, and your series is one of the better ones, well done!
I noticed an error about tidal locking.
Tidal locking isn't a body lacking rotation on its axis. Tidal locking is a body's rotation speed being the same as its orbit, meaning one side is always facing the star it revolves around. If the body had no rotation at all, different sides of the body would face the sun as it moved.
Think about it if you put a cup of the group and move around it. If you don't rotate at all, keep your head facing forward, and walk in a circle around the cup on the floor, all sides of your body would eventually be able to be seen by the cup. Thats not being Tidally locked.
Now keep your head facing the cup the entire time as you walk around it. The cup only sees your front side, that is Tidal locking, but notice you ARE rotating, just at the same speed you are revolving around the cup.
Sorry for the nitpick lol.
How have I not seen this before? This is just wonderful :)
You definitely have a sense of vision. The titles of these vids must be really precisely decided. This project looks wicked awesome. I can't wait to watch it all the way through again at once when it's finally complete
Extremely creative, can't wait to see more of this :)
I've just found out your page today. And to be honest, speculative biology is one of my favorite branches of science fiction. Your page and content are underrated.
DEAR LORD the art is absolutely gorgeous and captivating
teeny nitpick: in tidal locking, the rotation period slows to match the orbital period rather than stopping, so that one face is always presented to the locked body. if rotation stopped than the face presented to the locked body would change as it's orbital period progresses. Love the video, cannot wait for more.
This is amazing,can't wait to see what comes next!
I love this, this is my favourite spec bio project I've ever seen, and I've seen MANY.
I'm very impressed with just how technical you get with the biology of this planets organisms.
Hell yea love to see more speculative biology
man i love this kind of stuff
Subbing. Following. Bell has rung. I adore this kind of thing. Obviously well-researched and well-thought out. High quality art. Biggest yes!
You get another subscriber, this is great!!
bro this is amazing. i can't wait for the next episode
Your seem like a good inspiration for mine, I'm thinking of a table shape plant now.
This entire series is one of the most beautiful things I've seen. Everything just hits that itch of the specbio genre perfectly for me. It's a perfect balance of being somehow both creative and grounded in reality. I'm really looking forward to where this goes next!
One humble suggestion or inquiry I have is if you're planning anything like rainforests? I imagine with the high winds traveling from overseas, they're probably bound to bring in a good amount of water for at least some areas (and frequent cloud cover could also make some spots more habitable).
I am absolutely blown away by the quality of this project! I’m sure that this will grow to be one of the great spec evo projects here on UA-cam , please keep it up! I can’t wait to learn about the kinesynthetic plants!
Will do! Episode 2 is in production
This is so cool love this it's so inspiring. It's sad that it doesn't have a lot of views and I hope more people get to see this great project.
This is probably my favorite speculative evolution project yet! My only suggestion (and a small one) would be for the english 'translations' for all of the Latin scientific names to be included below the names themselves, like I've seen in a few other speculative evolution projects!
This video is one of my favourite videos ever
This is amazing. So well done i’ve been staring at my phone w my jaw dropped for 30 minutes 22 seconds. I can’t wait for the next installment. Amazing. just amazing.
Tbh i wish plants had more love in the spec evolution community.
An incredible amount of detail, absolutely amazing work.
Man, the creativity here is insane! I'm gonna instantly subscribe to you to help supporting your channel and work! Keep up, man!
Also the planet's arid setting really reminds me of planet Arrakis from Frank Herbert's dune! I would hope to see some sandworm like creatures slithering beneath the sand!
Really looking forward to how you pull of that kinetesynthetic life. Very creative yet plausible designed creatures all round. Keep up the good work
beautiful work. incredible aesthetic. you need to submit this to Curious Archive.
Getting on board the hype train
A cool new speculative evolution project I see here, very intresting world indeed, keep it up, you earned a sub
This is so cool can't wait to see more!
Most beautiful and unique speculative biology project thus far!
First video and it's already one of my favourite channels
I love this concept but your underated we need more channels like this
The art, the narration, the attention to detail, and the biodiversity is all perfect. I've never seen a project this professional and complete before. When will there be a book? I will have to review it on my blog.
this was literally so exciting, I can't describe how much I enjoyed this whole thing it was absolutely stunning. can't wait to watch the following videos!
absolutely brilliant
Wow one of the best spec-evo videos on UA-cam, I hope Isla goes far
i really love this, plants don't get as much attention as they should in spec evo
Thanks for this. I really enjoyed it. Looking forward to the next chapter.
Glad to have found another spec-evo youtuber your models look superb
New Spec Evolution UA-camr 😮??
And Congrat, you got new subcriber 👍
I have never been so entertained by something that is fictional. This is epic.
One man + one blank world = one masterpieces
Nice, an eyeball planet. Looking forward to future videos.
I love speculative biology. I subscribe your channel
I’m going to enjoy this and all the coming episodes I can’t wait!
This is honestly amazing, the plants are awesome and believable and the illustrations are great! Good work!
I gotta say it, this is sick dude. Like I love this! It has amazing graphics btw.