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unfathomably ancient, and will outlive all of us by billions of years

the light coming from it is so strong that brief exposure can burn or blind you even from millions of miles away

once worshipped as a god by various religions and cults who made sacrifices to appease it

will eventually expand as it burns out and dies and consume us in a desperate attempt to extend its lifespan

constantly making incredibly loud noises which would cause agony and eventual deafness if we could hear it, including ‘screams’ before emitting solar flares

(@ndiecity made a very good post which inspired my ideas for this one)

the ocean:

an enormous, singular mass that’s constantly heaving and tossing its bulk against the land we build our homes on and gradually ‘eating away’ at it

also extremely old and likely to outlast any of our lifespans

countless people, ships and even entire landmasses have vanished into its depths, never to be seen or heard from again

so vast and dangerous that it’s still mostly uncharted, and less is known about its deepest areas to us than our solar system

full of teeth and tentacles, enormous storms and even more unknown terrors none have ever returned from to tell the that tale of that can and will consume you without thought or reason

also historically worshipped as a god and often characterized in myths and legends as an vengeful, merciless entity

those who sail on it tend to be deeply superstitious and respect its power with a reverence bordering on awe

a single one of the superstorms it brews on a regular basis can devastate vast areas of civilization

will eventually rise and consume us

nuclear radiation:

even brief exposure can cause long-term and irreparable damage, including bleeding, burns, hair loss, premature ageing, internal bleeding and the growth of tumors which cause a wasting disease that consumes your healthy cells until you die

cannot be entirely contained of blocked out, only ‘shielded’ by thick barriers of lead and concrete

radioactive waste is so toxic that it’s buried deep underground and/or entombed within a ‘sarcophagus’ of multiple layers of shielding to prevent it from escaping and infecting the ground we grow and raise our food on, the water we drink and the air we breathe

areas where it has escaped or been set loose and leaked into its surroundings are evacuated and abandoned for hundreds of miles, and anything that survives within them is shunned as a carrier of the infection and contained in ‘exclusion zones’

also capable of outlasting us by many centuries, to the point that people have considered setting up intimidating architecture and writing unsettling cryptic messages to warn future generations not to seek out or disturb it in areas it is concentrated in that sound like biblical accounts of our smiting at the hands of a malevolent god

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