GEL-374-7
Geography
To begin, GEL-374-7's continental land mass takes up roughly 32.21% of the planets total surface area. So it has more land mass than Earth. However do to GEL-374-7's atmospheric concentration of breathable oxygen being incredibly low, the planet is unfit to support Earth, Wreth, and Gek based life-forms due to the quick onset of hypoxia. This makes the study of the planet and its diverse biomes incredibly difficult, frustrating many scientists. However, rare earth elements have been found in the planets soil composition. So when the Galactic Federation labeled GEL-374-7 as a PPB, it was seen as a controversial call by many in the business of mining and trade. The first scientific teams sent to the planet described it as such:
"The geography of GEL-3747 is as unsettling as it is weirdly beautiful. Vast fields and plains of purple grass gently rise into hills, which rise again into mountains of sharp silvery rock that seem to tower over forests of strangely luminous plants under a vast lavender sky."
Ecosystem Cycles
The ecosystem has two sustained periods of time, and their is little to no seasonal variation on the planet. These two distinct periods are given names by the only intelligent creatures who inhabit the planet, the galotians. They have given names to these two distinct periods of time, "The Time of Work," and, "The Time of the Hunt."
"The Time of Work," refers specifically to the 3.805 days in which 374-7's planetary orbit is facing the sun.
Localized Phenomena
Honestly there exist a great many strange phenomena on GEL-374-7. But the most interesting one is the day/night cycle. GEL-374-7 makes a full rotation of its planet every 182.64 Earth Hours. The planet Titanos, which 374-7 orbits around, makes a rotation of the sun 387 Earth Days. Meaning that 374-7 is bathed in solar light every 3.81 Earth days, and that the remaining days it is shrouded in almost complete darkness. Some small amount of Solar light does reflect off of the planets surface, and it appears as a faint and hazy blood colored moon hanging in the deep purple sky. During this period of long darkness, the planets surface will get a lot colder as the temperature drops. The planet does have a higher speed of revolution than Earth, making its days shorter. To be precise, 374-7's days are 18.56 Earth hours long. This creates a very strange environment that appears to constantly be waving back and forth in the planets higher than average wind speeds.
Natural Resources
Since travel to the planet is prohibited, little is known about the natural resources that can be harvested from this planet. However the planet does seem to contain a lot of heavier elements in its soil than others do. Antimony, iron, silicon, and carbon have all been found to be rather prevalent in the soil. But curiously, rocks on the planet seem to contain higher than average amount of platinum and gold, which may explain why some of the mountains have been described as "silvery." This is but one of the reasons why 374-7's status as a PPB is hotly debated, as some wish to exploit the planet for its resources.
Tourism
This planet has no tourism. Specifically speaking, the Galactic Federation has labeled Planet GEL-374-7 as a PPB or a "Protected Planetary Body," meaning you need the permission of Federation to even land on the planet's surface. The strange forms of life that have come to adapt in this oxygen less environment are considered "non-sapient, but containing the potential for further evolution." This is why the Federation lists GEL-374-7 as a PPB.
