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Imagine the enormous crowds in Times Square!
Also check the fanon wiki:
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Although we somehow predicted that there would be a disastrous fire season without people, it never occurred that it would happen even when we are still around, now by 2025/15 years after people disappeared in the series. Let us hope that a fire doesn't burn all the way through Hollywood into the urban center... or else this will happen:
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2024 is the Year of the Dragon!
There's not much more to go off of, but here is another post from '22:
Also on the fanon wiki:
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I need to be sure that all your uploads have been saved somewhere, as are any older versions: or I can save the files myself, by checking each user's list of files.
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I have given you the right, but have never really explored Special:Statistics myself. YOu will probably have to recover at least all YOUR uploads, and I will transfer them from my computers.
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Perhaps. But you will have to transfer all of the wiki's data, logs, files, revisions, etc. There are also half-completed templates and boxes that I have yet to finish ever since I mostly abandoned the wiki - I may only come here every month or so.
Keep checking this link, until all 20 of the the videos are released:
As of 26 Mar 2023 (6:06AM UTC), there are eight videos.
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It would be quite hard to find any reference image, considering how long ago the series aired, and how much editing went into the image, not to mention how frequent demolitions have been in the past ten+ years. It only worked for me just based off pure luck searching for various skyline images, else I had to end up restoring the image myself. See here:
It is currently 12PM UTC at the time of posting. This is a small compilation of NYC I made late in the year for this occasion. What else is there to use from this LAP wiki?
The canon wiki also has its own post:
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Where do you get this? They would have rusted away by only 100 years.
Expect them to have at least decomposed into endoskeletons by 2059/60-2083/4, and a pile of scrap metal by 2108.
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I suggest yo ureply below, as I can not think of any more text.
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That is almost 80000-100000 years after people. That is going to be long after the furthest extrapolated timelines of most episodes. By then, barely any trace of civilization will be visible at all, exposed on the surface.
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Here is the wikitext of a briefly restored revision of Wikipedia's LAp page, revision 1109870839:
{{Short description|2008 American apochalypstic television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox television
|name=Life After People
|image=LifeAfterPeople SC.jpg
|image_size=250
|creator=[[David de Vries]]
|narrated=James Lurie
|country=United States
|num_seasons=2 (+ 1 special)
|num_episodes=20 (+ 1 special)
|company=[[Flight 33 Productions]]
|runtime=45 minutes
|channel=[[History (American TV channel)|History]]
|first_aired={{start date|2008|1|21}}
|last_aired={{end date|2010|3|16}}
}}
'''''Life After People''''' is a television series on which scientists, [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical engineers]], and other experts speculate about what might become of [[planet Earth|Earth]] if [[Human extinction|humanity suddenly disappeared]]. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human absence on the environment and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind. The series was preceded by a two-hour special that aired on January 21, 2008, on the [[History (American TV network)|History Channel]] which served as a de facto pilot for the series that premiered April 21, 2009. The documentary and subsequent series were both narrated by James Lurie.
==Format==
The program does not speculate on how humanity may disappear, stipulating only that it has, and that it has done so suddenly, leaving everything behind including household pets and livestock that have to fend for themselves. The [[thought experiment]] is based on documented results of the sudden removal of humans from a geographical area and thus, the discontinuation of the maintenance of buildings and urban infrastructure. Lurie's narration begins:
{{cquote|What would happen if every human on Earth disappeared?This ''isn't'' the story of how we might vanish...it is the story of what will happen to the world we leave behind}}
The series' episodes thematically offer examples of [[Urban decay|urban]] and [[Decomposition|biological decay]]. The focus is on specific locations such as skyscrapers, [[Icon|religious icons]], bridges and dams, and government buildings, and the fate of certain related objects, such as [[artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]], [[document]]s and [[human body|human bodies]]. The fate of some kinds of [[plant|flora]] and [[animal|fauna]] are covered as well. Each episode also contains a segment in which experts examine real locations that have been abandoned by people, including [[ghost town]]s and other sites of deterioration, where the deterioration has been caused by events similar to those outlined in the episode. Although the series speculates on the fates of landmarks around the world, the main focus is on situations that may occur at locations in the United States.
The various events that may occur after people disappear suddenly are depicted using [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] dramatizations. The timeline of predicted events begins approximately one day after the disappearance of humankind and extends up to one hundred million years into the future (one day, one week, one year, 10 years, 15 years, 25 years, 50 years, 100 years, 200 years, etc.).
===Tagline===
The program's tagline is the ominous greeting:
{{cquote|Welcome to Earth...Population: Zero. '''''[while all episodes end with the title fitting the last sentence,]''''' ...in a life after people}}
==Episodes==
===Series overview===
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===Special (2008)===
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{{Episode list
|Title=Life After People
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|OriginalAirDate={{start date|2008|1|21}}
|ShortSummary=[[Pripyat]], abandoned towns on islands off the coast of Maine, and tunnels under New York City are highlighted in this documentary to show how the landscape of our planet would drastically change in the event of human absence.
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===Season 1 (2009)===
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|EpisodeNumber=1
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=The Bodies Left Behind
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|21}}
|ShortSummary=This episode looks at the future of cities like [[Boston]] and [[Houston]] and their static structures after the disappearance of humanity and what will happen to the human bodies that are [[burial|buried]], [[embalming|embalmed]], and [[mummy|mummified]], as well as the fate of the [[Immortality Drive]] inside the [[International Space Station]], [[cryonics|cryonically]] frozen bodies and human [[embryo]]s, and parrots. This episode also examines the fate of the [[Astrodome]], the [[Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge|Bunker Hill Bridge]], the [[John Hancock Tower]], the [[JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)|JPMorgan Chase Tower]], the [[Sistine Chapel]] and the [[Statue of Liberty]]. The episode also explores [[Hashima Island]] in Japan, which was formerly host to several coal mines, but was left to nature in 1974 as the mines became depleted, having since become a tourist attraction as a result of its well-preserved ruins and as a site of industrial heritage.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Outbreak
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|28}}
|ShortSummary=This episode predicts the uncontrolled encroachment of nature upon the abandoned cities of [[Chicago]], [[Atlanta]] and [[London]], and how deadly viruses, like the one that causes [[rabies]], could spawn out of control as the populations of escaped pets and other animals, like [[Feral pig|wild hog]]s and the [[Welsh Corgi|corgi]]s belonging to [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] at [[Buckingham Palace]], could explode without the interference of humanity. This episode also examines the fate of [[Big Ben]], the [[John Hancock Center]], the [[Chicago "L"|L train]], the [[Willis Tower|Sears Tower]], [[Wrigley Field]] and the [[Stone Mountain#Confederate Memorial Carving|Confederate Memorial Carving]], the latter of which may last for more than 5,000 years. The episode also explores nearby [[Gary, Indiana]], portions of which were abandoned by people in the late 1970s.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=The Capital Threat
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|5}}
|ShortSummary=In a life after people, the forces of nature could consume Washington, D.C. and America's national treasures as they fall into ruin, zoo animals could escape their enclosures, and Los Angeles could burn in an inferno, suffer a massive earthquake, and eventually return to its original state before it became civilized by humans. The episode also explores [[Angkor Wat]] in Cambodia, which, while not fully abandoned, was largely neglected for centuries before its impressive preserved architecture and long history attracted renewed interest.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Heavy Metal
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|12}}
|ShortSummary=This episode projects how long the nation's buildings and bridges will stand before the elements consume the steel and concrete, from the [[Empire State Building]], [[Chrysler Building]], [[Brooklyn Bridge]] and the [[Roosevelt Island Tramway]] in New York City to the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and how once domesticated animals, like horses, will return to wild herds that roam America's grasslands. The episode also examines the ghost town of [[Rhyolite, Nevada]], a town its designers wanted to rival Chicago, which was abandoned by people around 1910, and now stands remarkably intact, preserved by the dry air and regularly described as 'one of the most photographed ghost towns in the West'.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The Invaders
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|20}}
|ShortSummary=After the disappearance of humanity, sandstorms could sweep through [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], Miami and Shanghai might disappear into the ocean, and invasive plants and animals such as [[Burmese python]]s will spread uncontrolled. Also included is the fate of the [[Taj Mahal]] in India, the [[Kennedy Space Center]], the [[Grand Canyon Skywalk]], and the [[Seven Mile Bridge]] in the [[Florida Keys]]. The episode also explores the village of [[Tyneham]], England, which was requisitioned by the War Office in 1943 during World War II in preparation for the [[Normandy landings|D-Day landings]], and has remained under the ownership of the military ever since as a test range.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Bound and Buried
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|26}}
|ShortSummary=In a post-apocalyptic future, even sealed artifacts such as the [[Liberty Bell]] and the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania and the [[Svalbard Global Seed Vault]] in Norway will not survive indefinitely. Wolf populations and [[Street dog|feral dog]]s struggle to survive. In San Francisco cables snap on the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] and the [[San Francisco cable car system|cable cars]] are sent careening through the streets, while the [[Petronas Towers|Petronas Twin Towers]] in Kuala Lumpur survive longer than most other modern towers. In Paris, the fate of the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'', the prehistoric [[Lascaux]] caves, the modern [[Lascaux#Lascaux II|Lascaux II]] replica, the [[Venus de Milo]] and the [[Notre-Dame de Paris]] are shown. The episode also examines [[Centralia, Pennsylvania]], which was largely abandoned in 1984 because of a [[coal-seam fire]] burning beneath the town that continues to rage to this day.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Sin City Meltdown
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|2}}
|ShortSummary=This episode predicts how the gambling meccas of humankind will deteriorate without people; rats invade [[Las Vegas|Las Vegas, Nevada]], the famous hotels such as the [[The Strat (Las Vegas)|Stratosphere Tower]] and the [[Luxor Las Vegas]] crumble to dust, the [[Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign|Las Vegas sign]] falls off its post, and the wax statues of celebrities at the [[Madame Tussauds Las Vegas|Madame Tussauds]] museum melt under exposure to the hot desert air. [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] is destroyed as ocean waves and hurricanes smash through casinos, break up the boardwalk and piers and tarnish the fate of [[Lucy the Elephant]]. Camels go wild in North America, like their ancestors, and are transformed after the next ice age. Over thousands of years, the [[Voyager program|''Voyager'']] space probes are battered by impacts from dust and debris, leaving few recognizable remnants of humanity behind. The episode also examines the [[LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park|Americana Amusement Park]] in [[Monroe, Ohio]], showing how degraded it has become after only recently having been abandoned in 2002.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Armed & Defenseless
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|9}}
|ShortSummary=In a future without people, the machines of war deteriorate; nuclear submarines lie on the ocean floor, and the [[USS Missouri (BB-63)|USS ''Missouri'']] is the target of a renewed "attack" on [[Pearl Harbor]], as the ship transforms into a plant-covered island. Most dairy cows die, but a few survive and adapt to life on America's plains alongside thriving herds of [[bison]]. This episode also examines [[Aloha Tower]] in [[Honolulu]], the [[Wells Fargo Center (Denver)|Wells Fargo Center]] in [[Denver]] and [[North and South Brother Islands (New York City)|North Brother Island]] off of New York City, which was abandoned around 1960.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Roads to Nowhere
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|16}}
|ShortSummary=This episode looks at how vehicles will deteriorate without people, how America's automobile plants and transportation symbols such as the [[Renaissance Center]] and the [[Ambassador Bridge]] will shatter in Detroit's harsh winters, and how unattended oil refineries will explode. In [[San Antonio]] the [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio|Alamo]] falls to a new invader, and the [[Tower Life Building]] meets its demise. Also, animals adapt, [[armadillo]]s spread, some dogs rekindle their hunting instincts, and [[Texas Longhorn|longhorn cattle]] flourish once again. This episode also examines the [[Packard Automotive Plant|Packard plant]] and the {{convert|60|sqmi|km2|sigfig=2}} of Detroit which were abandoned in the 1960s.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Waters of Death
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|23}}
|ShortSummary=In a world devoid of humans, water floods cities like [[New Orleans]] and [[Seattle]]. The marine animals housed inside the [[Aquarium of the Americas|former city's aquarium]] die off. [[Head louse|Head lice]] become extinct without human hosts. The fate of Seattle's symbolic [[Space Needle]] is shown as the city reverts to a [[salt marsh]], and the humid atmosphere over the Arabian Peninsula wrecks the space-age structures of [[Dubai]], including the [[Burj Al Arab]] hotel. The fate of [[Saint Basil's Cathedral]] in Moscow is shown and Louisiana's tallest building, [[Hancock Whitney Center|One Shell Square]], collapses. The episode examines the areas of New Orleans that were damaged by [[Hurricane Katrina]] and were left in ruins after the flood water receded.
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===Season 2 (2010)===
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|EpisodeNumber=11
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Wrath of God
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|1|5}}
|ShortSummary=This episode predicts the fate of humanity's religious symbols and artefacts after the disappearance of humans – such as the [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|''Christ the Redeemer'' statue]] which stands over [[Rio de Janeiro]], the [[Christ Cathedral (Garden Grove, California)|Crystal Cathedral]] and the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|Memorial Coliseum]] in Southern California, the [[Colosseum]], the [[Jubilee Church]] and [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in Rome, and the [[Shroud of Turin]]. Rattlesnakes thrive in the [[Southwestern United States|American Southwest]], and shepherd dogs, following the instincts bred into them by humans, continue to protect sheep for several generations. The episode also examines [[Kolmanskop]], a desert town in [[Namibia]] established by the Germans during a [[diamond rush]], and abandoned in the 1960s, having remained in remarkable condition thanks to the arid environment of the surrounding [[Namib Desert]].
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Toxic Revenge
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|1|12}}
|ShortSummary=In a life after people, toxic materials leak into the environment without human intervention: [[spent nuclear fuel]] rods spontaneously burst into flames, [[chlorine]] gas spills out of tanks and turns lakes into deadly acid, and in New York City underground [[methane]] gas originates from [[Grand Central Terminal]] and leaks into the adjacent [[MetLife Building]], which eventually ignites an explosion. Cargo ships from the [[Great Lakes]] drift past the fallen [[International Railway Bridge]] and tumble over the edge of [[Niagara Falls]]. [[Raccoon]]s use homes as a temporary paradise. The episode also features [[Picher, Oklahoma]], a toxic former lead mining town which has been slowly abandoned ever since the 1970s.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Crypt of Civilization
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|1|19}}
|ShortSummary=This episode looks at how crypts, safes, vaults and [[time capsule]]s survive in a post-apocalyptic world, including a visit to the mysterious "[[Crypt of Civilization]]" at [[Oglethorpe University]] in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, the [[30 St Mary Axe|Gherkin]] in London, the [[Marine Corps War Memorial]] and the [[Thomas Jefferson Building|Library of Congress]] in Washington, D.C. Military-trained [[German Shepherd]]s battle [[coyote]]s in the wild and the [[Naval Academy Chapel#John Paul Jones Crypt|remains]] of naval hero [[John Paul Jones]] are entombed by [[sea level rise|rising sea levels]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]]. The proposed [[KEO]] satellite, [[Rosetta Project|Rosetta disks]] (focusing on one at the [[Smithsonian Institution]]), and the prototype [[Clock of the Long Now|10,000-year clock]] meet their fates in the far future. The episode also examines [[Norwich State Hospital]] in Connecticut, sections of which were abandoned between 1970 and 1995.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=14
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Last Supper
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|1|26}}
|ShortSummary=In a world without people, humanity's food supplies decay as supermarkets turn into breeding grounds for insects and vermin, humidity causes [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s mural ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'' in the [[Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan|Santa Maria delle Grazie]] to crumble, and both the landmark [[Randy's Donuts]] restaurant in Los Angeles and the restaurant atop [[Taipei 101]] in Taiwan succumb to the force of gravity. [[Snack cake]]s survive 25 years, but jars of honey might remain edible for millennia. The episode also includes a video from a [[Fort Worth, Texas]] grocery store which was abandoned for three months—with all the food still inside. This episode also examines the [[Tranquille, Kamloops|Tranquille]] Farms in the [[British Columbia Interior]], which were abandoned and closed in 1985.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=15
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Home Wrecked Home
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|2|2}}
|ShortSummary=This episode predicts the apocalyptic fate of homes—from the [[Stahl House]] outside Los Angeles to [[the San Remo]] in New York City. [[Co-op City, Bronx|Co-op City]] sinks beneath the tide and [[Dubai]]'s [[Burj Khalifa]] (the tallest building in the world) corrodes and collapses. Gas leaks turn suburban homes such as [[Levittown, New York|Levittown]] into infernos, a hidden flaw topples [[Hearst Castle]], [[linseed oil]] in paint-soaked rags causes some high-end homes, including the San Remo apartments, to explode in flames, and the contents of the [[Bettmann Archive|Bettman/Corbis Archive]] in Pennsylvania meet a tragic fate. [[Bobcat]]s use abandoned houses as dens, and zebras from the [[Hearst Castle]] private zoo escape and survive for generations. The episode also visits the Italian town of [[Balestrino]], which was partially abandoned during the 1950s due to geologic instability, the residents building new homes at the foot of the hill on which the old section sits atop.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=16
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Holiday Hell
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|2|9}}
|ShortSummary=Vacation destinations and holiday treasures are featured in this episode; fireworks factories explode with no people to see the event, sand inside [[Knott's Berry Farm]]'s [[Silver Bullet (Knott's Berry Farm)|Silver Bullet roller coaster]] is the key to its destruction, while fruitcake, if stored correctly, can last for over 130 years and still be edible. Domesticated reindeer join herds of wild caribou, only to be devoured by wolves. Lions escape the [[San Diego Zoo Safari Park|San Diego Wild Animal Park]] and fill the ecological role [[American lion]]s once had. Nearby [[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]] is consumed by the desert, its [[Palm Springs Aerial Tramway|aerial tramway]] suffers a catastrophic failure, and its [[wind turbine]]s shatter. In Detroit, Aldrige's Always Christmas store witnesses a not-so-jolly scene as the power goes out. Meanwhile, while [[domestic turkey]]s struggle to survive, their [[wild turkey|wild counterparts]] continue to thrive. This episode also examines the [[Salton Sea]] and [[Salton City, California]], a town once intended to be a resort community, but these plans never materialised, with some areas left in an eerie state of rust and [[urban decay]].
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=17
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Waves of Devastation
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|2|16}}
|ShortSummary=This episode examines the effects of water on humanity's structures. [[Rotterdam]] and [[Amsterdam]] flood as [[levee]]s fail; washing away the treasures of the [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen|Boijmans Museum]], while [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] is first swamped, then destroyed when the [[Folsom Dam]] ruptures. Non-native [[Asian carp]], long the bane of boaters and conservationists, slip through human-made barriers to invade the [[Great Lakes]], but must compete with another invasive species: the [[sea lamprey]]. The [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System|Trans-Alaska Pipeline]] spills its hazardous contents, the [[Santa Monica Pier]] sinks into the ocean, the [[Sydney Opera House]] caves in, and the [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]] tears apart. The episode also explores the former Soviet coal mining town of [[Pyramiden]] on the [[Svalbard]] archipelago, abandoned in 1998. Preserved by Arctic temperatures and maintained by tourist expeditions, Pyramiden's buildings remain in excellent condition, and the area may remain recognisable as a town long into the future.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=18
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Sky's the Limit
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|3|2}}
|ShortSummary=Human neglect affects the world's skies and aeronautic icons, including [[Boeing VC-25|Air Force One]], the [[Theme Building]] and a [[Air traffic control#Airport traffic control tower|control tower]] at [[Los Angeles International Airport]], the ''[[Spirit of St. Louis]]'' in the [[National Air and Space Museum]] in Washington, D.C., and the [[KVLY-TV mast]] in [[North Dakota]]. Elsewhere, [[Rocky Mountain locust]]s invade the cities in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]], [[Mount Everest]]'s ice preserves artifacts left by climbers and even the bodies of climbers who died on its summit, and the migratory patterns of birds and even the weather are affected by the absence of humankind patrolling the skies. The solar-powered radio station [[KTAO]] continues broadcasting long after humans are gone, thanks to its efficient [[solar panel]]s. [[Cassini–Huygens|''Cassini'']] makes a crash landing on [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Enceladus]], leading to [[extremophile]] bacteria from Earth that had been present inside the probe colonizing its possible water ocean and possibly causing life to evolve on it. The episode also visits [[RCAF Station Edgar]] in [[Oro-Medonte]], Ontario, a [[Cold War]] radar site which was abandoned in 1999, and the aging [[Berlin Tempelhof Airport]] in Germany which was closed in 2008.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=19
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Depths of Destruction
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|3|9}}
|ShortSummary=The underground and underwater world suffers a destructive destiny in a post-human era. The [[NORAD]] [[Cheyenne Mountain Complex|operations facility]] comes under assault, but the [[Capitol Studios|echo chambers]] below the foundation of the [[Capitol Records Building]] in Los Angeles outlast the structure's downfall. The subterranean [[Carlsbad Caverns National Park|Carlsbad Caverns]] in New Mexico are repopulated by bats, mineral rich water and geothermal heating means the already gigantic [[gypsum]] crystals inside the [[Naica Mine]]'s [[Cave of the Crystals]] grow larger still, and humankind's former geothermal power sites such as [[the Geysers]] in northern California relinquish their strength to geologic forces. The [[SEA Underground]] system at [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport|Seattle's airport]] is disabled, the [[Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park|Underwater Sculpture Gardens]] outside of [[St. George's, Grenada]] provides new foundations for growing [[coral reef]]s, and [[Prairie dog]]s reclaim their territory in [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]]. The episode features the [[Bonne Terre Mine]], which was closed in 1962 and subsequently became partially flooded, and also the [[Arabia (steamboat)|steamboat ''Arabia'']] in [[Parkville, Missouri]].
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=20
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Take Me to Your Leader
|RTitle=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|3|16}}
|ShortSummary=This episode analyzes how structures and testaments devoted to world leaders factor adversely without human sustainment, among them include the [[White House]], the [[Palace of Versailles]], Thomas Jefferson's home at [[Monticello]], the [[United Nations Secretariat Building|Secretariat Building]] and the [[Headquarters of the United Nations#General Assembly Building|General Assembly Chamber]] of the [[Headquarters of the United Nations|United Nations Headquarters]], and the [[Hall of Supreme Harmony]] in China's [[Forbidden City]]. The [[Grant's Tomb|entombed body]] of [[Ulysses S. Grant]] is buried for the first time in history, and [[Mao Zedong]]'s mysterious body at the [[Mausoleum of Mao Zedong]] submits to the quirks of his embalmers. As a result of his owner's disappearance, the dependent life of the United States [[Barack Obama|president's]] dog, "[[Bo (dog)|Bo]]," is transformed as his wild instincts take effect. The episode also examines the aftermath of the [[Little Boy|Hiroshima bomb]] on the [[Hunters Point Naval Shipyard|San Francisco Naval Shipyard]] in [[Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco|Hunters Point]].
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==Featured buildings ==
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===United States===
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;''[[New York City]]''
* [[Statue of Liberty]]
* [[Empire State Building]]
* [[Chrysler Building]]
* [[Grand Central Terminal]]
* [[MetLife Building]]
* [[Brooklyn Bridge]]
* [[Co-op City, Bronx|Co-op City]]
* [[Times Square]]
* [[Roosevelt Island Tramway]]
* [[United Nations Secretariat Building]]
* [[Grant's Tomb]]
* [[The San Remo]]
* [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building]]
* [[Rockefeller Center]]
;''[[Chicago]]''
* [[Wrigley Field]]
* [[Willis Tower]]
* [[Chicago "L"]]
* [[John Hancock Center]]
;''[[Las Vegas]]''
* [[Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign]]
* [[Madame Tussauds Las Vegas]]
* [[The Strat (Las Vegas)|The Strat]]
* [[Luxor Las Vegas]]
* [[Hoover Dam]]
;''[[Los Angeles]]''
* [[U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)|U.S. Bank Tower]]
* [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]]
* [[Theme Building]]
* [[Los Angeles City Hall]]
* [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
;''[[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]''
* [[Hollywood Sign]]
* [[Stahl House]]
* [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]]
* [[Capitol Records Building]]
;''[[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]]''
* [[Christ Cathedral (Garden Grove, California)|Christ Cathedral]]
;''[[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]]''
* [[Randy's Donuts]]
;''[[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]]''
* [[Pacific Park|Pacific Wheel]]
* [[Santa Monica Pier]]
; ''[[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]]''
* [[Palm Springs Aerial Tramway]]
; ''[[San Simeon, California|San Simeon]]''
* [[Hearst Castle]]
; ''[[Folsom, California|Folsom]]''
* [[Folsom Dam]]
; ''[[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]''
* [[California State Capitol]]
* [[Sacramento International Airport]]
; ''[[Riverside County, California|Riverside County]]''
* [[San Gorgonio Pass wind farm]]
; ''[[Trinity County, California|Trinity County]]''
* [[Trinity Dam]]
; [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]]
* [[The Geysers]]
;''[[Houston]]''
* [[JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)|JPMorgan Chase Tower]]
* [[Astrodome]]
; ''[[San Antonio]]''
* [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio|Alamo Mission]]
* [[Tower Life Building]]
;''[[San Francisco]]''
* [[Painted ladies]]
* [[Golden Gate Bridge]]
* [[San Francisco cable car system|Cable cars]]
* [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge|Bay Bridge]]
* [[Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary]]
;''[[Washington, D.C.]]''
* [[White House]]
* [[United States Capitol]]
* [[Washington Monument]]
* [[Lincoln Memorial|Lincoln]] [[Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial)|Memorial]]
* [[Spirit of St. Louis]]
* [[Thomas Jefferson Building]]
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;''[[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]]''
* [[Marine Corps War Memorial]]
* [[John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame]]
;''[[Detroit]]''
* [[Ambassador Bridge]]
* [[Renaissance Center]]
; ''[[Philadelphia]]''
* [[Liberty Bell]]
* [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]
; ''[[Seattle]]''
* [[Space Needle]]
* [[Alaskan Way Seawall]]
; ''[[Margate City, New Jersey|Margate City]]''
* [[Lucy the Elephant]]
; ''[[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]''
* [[Atlantic City, New Jersey#Boardwalk|Atlantic City Boardwalk]]
* [[Steel Pier]]
; ''[[Monroe, Ohio|Monroe]]''
* [[LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park|Screechin' Eagle Roller Coaster]] (Coaster was demolished late August 2011)
; ''[[Brookhaven, Georgia|Brookhaven]]''
* [[Crypt of Civilization]]
; ''[[Atlanta]]''
* [[Georgia Dome]] (The dome was demolished on November 20, 2017)
* [[Stone Mountain|Confederate Memorial Carving]]
; ''[[Florida Keys]]''
* [[Seven Mile Bridge]]
; ''[[Miami]]''
* [[Blue and Green Diamond]]
; ''[[Merritt Island, Florida|Merritt Island]]''
* [[Kennedy Space Center]]
; ''[[Buena Park, California|Buena Park]]''
* [[Silver Bullet (Knott's Berry Farm)|Silver Bullet]]
; ''[[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]''
* [[Chase Tower (Phoenix)|Chase Tower]]
; ''[[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]''
* [[309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group]]
; ''[[Bonne Terre, Missouri|Bonne Terre]]''
* [[Bonne Terre Mine]]
; ''[[Grand Canyon]]''
* [[Grand Canyon Skywalk]]
;''[[Boston]]''
* [[Old North Church]]
* [[John Hancock Tower]]
* [[Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge]]
; ''[[Denver]]''
* [[Wells Fargo Center (Denver)|Wells Fargo Center]]
; [[Albemarle County, Virginia|Albemarle County]]
* [[Monticello]]
; ''[[St. Louis]]''
* [[Gateway Arch]]
; ''[[New Orleans]]''
* [[Hancock Whitney Center]]
; ''[[Annapolis]]''
* [[Naval Academy Chapel|Crypt of John Paul Jones]]
; ''[[Blanchard, North Dakota|Blanchard]]''
* [[KVLY-TV mast]]
; ''[[Keystone, South Dakota|Keystone]]''
* [[Mount Rushmore]]
; ''[[Honolulu]]''
* [[Aloha Tower]]
; ''[[Taos, New Mexico|Taos]]''
* [[KTAO]] solar-powered studio
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===Elsewhere===
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;''[[London]]''
* [[Big Ben]]
* [[Clock of the Long Now]]
* [[Tower Bridge]]
* [[30 St Mary Axe]]
;''[[Rio de Janeiro]]''
* [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Redeemer]]
; ''[[Berlin]]''
* [[Brandenburg Gate]]
; ''[[Rome]]''
* [[Jubilee Church]]
* [[Sistine Chapel]]
* [[Colosseum]]
; ''[[Vatican City]]''
* [[St. Peter's Basilica]]
;''[[Turin]]''
* [[Shroud of Turin]]
;''[[Milan]]''
* [[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]
;''[[Pisa]]''
* [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]]
;''[[Venice]]''
* [[Piazza San Marco]]
;''[[Florence]]''
* [[Florence Cathedral]]
;''[[Agrigento]]''
* [[Valley of the Temples]]
;''[[Paris]]''
* [[Eiffel Tower]]
* [[Mona Lisa]]
* [[Arc de Triomphe]]
* [[Venus de Milo]]
* [[Notre-Dame de Paris]]
; ''[[Versailles]]''
* [[Hall of Mirrors]]
; ''[[Montignac-Lascaux]]''
* [[Lascaux]]
;''[[Kuala Lumpur]]''
* [[Petronas Towers]]
;''[[Sydney]]''
* [[Sydney Opera House]]
* [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]]
; ''[[Ontario]]''
* [[International Railway Bridge]]
* [[Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Stations]]
; ''[[Posadas, Misiones|Posadas]]''
* [[San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge]]
; ''[[Moscow]]''
* [[Saint Basil's Cathedral]]
* [[Lenin's Mausoleum]]
; ''[[Mexico City]]''
* [[Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral]]
* [[Torre Mayor]]
* [[Equestrian statue of Charles IV of Spain]]
* [[World Trade Center Mexico City]]
* [[Angel of Independence]]
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; ''[[Buenos Aires]]''
* [[Obelisco de Buenos Aires]]
; ''[[Naica]]''
* [[Cave of the Crystals]]
; ''[[São Paulo]]''
* [[Edifício Copan]]
* [[Edifício Itália]]
; ''[[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]''
* [[Titanium La Portada]]
; ''[[Taipei]]''
* [[Taipei 101]]
; ''[[Dubai]]''
* [[Burj Khalifa]]
* [[Burj Al Arab]]
; ''[[Agra]]''
* [[Taj Mahal]]
; ''[[Cape Royds]]''
* [[Cape Royds#Shackleton's Hut|Shackleton's Hut]]
; ''[[Teotihuacan]]''
* [[Teotihuacan]]
; ''[[Svalbard]]''
* [[Svalbard Global Seed Vault]]
; ''[[St. George's, Grenada|St. George's]]''
* [[Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park]]
; ''[[Beijing]]''
* [[Great Wall of China]]
* [[Hall of Supreme Harmony]]
* [[Mausoleum of Mao Zedong]]
; ''[[Shanghai]]''
* [[Oriental Pearl Tower]]
* [[Shanghai World Financial Center]]
; ''[[Hong Kong]]''
* [[Bank of China]]
; ''[[Giza]]''
* [[Great Pyramid of Giza]]
* [[Great Sphinx of Giza]]
; ''[[Siem Reap]]''
* [[Angkor Wat]]
; ''[[Foz do Iguaçu]]''
* [[Itaipu Dam]]
; ''[[Pacific Ocean]]''
* [[Great Pacific garbage patch]]
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==Home media==
[[A&E Networks|A&E Home Video]] has released these DVDs:
That of the original documentary:
*Title: ''Life After People'' (History Channel).
**UPC: 733961110906.
**DVD Release Date: March 18, 2008.
**Run Time: 94 minutes.
That of the first season of the series:
*Title: ''Life After People: The Complete Season One.''
**UPC: 733961155303.
**DVD Release Date: October 27, 2009.
**Run Time: 470 minutes.
That of the second season of the series:
*Title: ''Life After People: The Complete Season Two.''
**UPC: 733961221626.
**DVD Release Date: July 27, 2010.
**Run Time: 425 minutes.
==Ratings==
The two-hour special documentary had an audience of 5.4 million viewers and was the most watched program ever on the [[History (American TV channel)|History Channel]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tucker |first=Neely |date=March 8, 2008 |title=Depopulation Boom |work=The Washington Post |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030703256.html |access-date=March 14, 2021}}</ref> The program was broadcast in the United Kingdom on [[Channel 4]] and narrated by [[Struan Rodger]] on May 29, 2008 and in Australia on [[Seven Network|Channel Seven]] on November 25, 2008, edited down to air for 90 minutes, with narration by Australian television presenter [[Simon Reeve (Australian TV presenter)|Simon Reeve]].
==See also==
*''[[10 Ways to End the World]]''
*''[[Aftermath (2010 TV series)|Aftermath (TV series)]]'', a similar TV series
*''[[Aftermath: Population Zero]]''
*''[[The World Without Us]]''
*''[[The Future is Wild]]''
*''[[After Man]]''
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://web.archive.org/web/20090429170535/http://www.history.com/minisites/life_after_people/}}
* {{Official website|http://www.flight33.tv}} of production company
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080529032825/http://www.thehistorychannel.com.au/tv-shows/lap-default.aspx Australian website]
* [http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/L/life_after_people/index.html Channel 4 (UK) website]
* {{IMDb title|1173907}} (original documentary)
* {{IMDb title|1433058}} (series)
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