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Before and after data centers (thelemmy.club)

submitted 2 months ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Trees vs. Data Centers

Photo 1: Memphis, TN (top)

Photo 2: Sandston, VA

Photo 3: Abilene, Texas

Photo 4: New Albany, OH

Photo 5: Fayetteville, GA

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 50 points 2 months ago (5 children)

It's a bit unfortunate the second xAI is taken in the winter, so we can't really see how much of the trees are gone, but looks like a lot.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Just zoom I'm, you can see where it is bare ground and how winter pic still has trees in the other areas. Don't go just by colour itself but the shapes of the masses

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[–] urno@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I’m genuinely confused about why the season matters?!

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[–] Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can't tell from this far away, but if those trees are deciduous then they lose their leaves in the cold weather

So a winter photo might not be as good of a comparison as a summer photo because even if there were exactly as many trees in each photo, the winter one would look like there are fewer.

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[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

You can still see the trees on the left and the right 🤔 like outer border is identical, just a swath cut through the middle. Season can have an effect but it seems pretty clear here.

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[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

In that region they typically hold on to their leaves and they slowly come off but keep most of it through the winter, depending on wind to blow them off.

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