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Harvest was a small planet, approximately one-third the size of [[Earth]] (or Mars-sized) with only a 4,000 kilometer (2,484 mile) equatorial diameter, slightly smaller than the [[Sol System|Sol]] planet Mercury.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], pg 33</ref> In terms of surface area, Harvest possessed ~50 million km², roughly one-tenth the surface area of Earth. Harvest orbited [[Epsilon Indi]] extremely quickly, much faster than most UNSC colonies, at roughly 150,000 km/h, or ~41km/sec (by comparison, Earth orbits Sol at roughly 30 km/sec). Harvest had no natural satellites. Out of a total of five planets in the Epsilon Indi System, Harvest was the only habitable planet. The super-continent [[Edda]] dominated the planet, taking up roughly 2/3rds of its surface. Two low-salinity seas covered the remainder of the planet, [[Hugin]] to the north, and [[Munin]] to the south.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], pg. 74</ref> | Harvest was a small planet, approximately one-third the size of [[Earth]] (or Mars-sized) with only a 4,000 kilometer (2,484 mile) equatorial diameter, slightly smaller than the [[Sol System|Sol]] planet Mercury.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], pg 33</ref> In terms of surface area, Harvest possessed ~50 million km², roughly one-tenth the surface area of Earth. Harvest orbited [[Epsilon Indi]] extremely quickly, much faster than most UNSC colonies, at roughly 150,000 km/h, or ~41km/sec (by comparison, Earth orbits Sol at roughly 30 km/sec). Harvest had no natural satellites. Out of a total of five planets in the Epsilon Indi System, Harvest was the only habitable planet. The super-continent [[Edda]] dominated the planet, taking up roughly 2/3rds of its surface. Two low-salinity seas covered the remainder of the planet, [[Hugin]] to the north, and [[Munin]] to the south.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], pg. 74</ref> | ||
Harvest's surface was once beautiful, covered in grassland and forests, lush fields and rolling hills, and a thousand lakes swarming with | Harvest's surface was once beautiful, covered in grassland and forests, lush fields and rolling hills, and a thousand lakes swarming with fish. The orchards were filled with fruit trees that were able to grow several different fruit on it at once. At one point [[Sergeant Johnson]] grabs an apple from one of these trees, but reaches deeper for a pear instead. At night, bats filled the skies.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 75</ref> After being glassed, the surface was reduced to a layer of melted glass, the destruction visible from orbit.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]</ref> The environment suffered a catastrophic blow as a result, with most species quickly going extinct on the world due to the intoxicated environment. Soon, all that remained of Harvest's original natural ecosystem were the scavengers, feeding off the rotting remains of the planet's once abundant wildlife. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||