128. Earth

If we were not native to Earth, would we settle here? Would we risk our lives and our children in a world with such varied and intense weather? Would we choose to live in the scorching desert of the Sahara or the bitter frost of Russia? Or would we simply write of Earth as uninhabitable? The sun burns too close. It creates cancer and changes the color of our skin. The ocean is water undrinkable. Tornados are too violent. Hurricanes and earthquakes are too destructive. The arctic is too cold. The deserts are too hot. Would we choose this planet as our home?