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Originally Posted by O-tacular
Moon stigma?
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During the early industrial era of Sudbury, the sulfur dioxide emissions permanently killed much of the forest in the area and stained the rock black. It was a remarkably desolate visage.
During the 1970s, NASA sent Eugene Cernan (commander of Apollo 17) to Sudbury to study the area, as the geologic formations were similar to those of their landing area on the moon. This gave rise to the idea that the astronauts were sent to Sudbury because it looked like the moon.
This has changed since the 1980s, however. A fairly comprehensive re-greening has taken place - it looks a lot better than it used to.