Climate of New Albion

How's the weather?

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[Foreboding orchestral music]
[Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
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[Music]
[Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance (Land of Hope and Glory)]
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This is New Albion on Mars
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The climate of New Albion is similar to Earth's climate,
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but a tiny fraction of the size.
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In its normal configuration, a single Way of New Albion
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has an internal volume of about one hundredth of a cubic kilometre.
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This life-sustaining bubble is about one trillionth the size of Earth's troposphere,
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that part of the atmosphere that contains almost all life on Earth.
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The colonists of New Albion don't occupy a habitat so much as a picohabitat.
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New Albion's climate is a *natural* climate,
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which means it is maintained by careful custodianship of the entire
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volume of the colony to ensure climatic conditions suited to human life.
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As on Earth, most of the volume of New Albion
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is given over to non-human living things which
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balance human activity to preserve a healthy climate.
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Unlike Earth, the climate is controlled
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so that a compartment's temperature remains more or less constant, year-round.
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Days are constant-length, there's a steady faint breeze from the way's air circulation,
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and if it rains, it mostly rains only in the middle of the night.
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Daylight is provided from diffuse panels in the roof of the compartment
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which brighten slowly at the start of the day and dim in the 'evening'.
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The 'weather' isn't much of a conversation topic at New Albion!
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[Dissonant clashing orchestral music]
[Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
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[orchestral music continues]