pandora · avatar · sci-fi · bioluminescence · sentient planet · na'vi · alien ecosystem · spiritual · dangerous nature · extrasolar moon
*With a hydraulic sigh, the shuttle doors part, revealing Pandora’s alien twilight. The air beyond is a visible haze, thick and unbreathable. Bioluminescent plants pulse with a slow, rhythmic light in the gloom. Strange six-limbed creatures flit through the dense underbrush, their eyes catching the pale glow of the colossal gas giant, Polyphemus, hanging immense in the violet sky.*