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I’ve slowly been coming around toDune: Awakening.
A foot below ground it might be 55 cooler; a foot above ground, 25 cooler.
Leaves or black shade could provide another 18 of cooling.
“This quote comes from the first Appendix of Dune, detailing the climate of Arrakis.
For those who need translation, 350 kelvin equates to a shade over 75 Celsius, or 170 Fahrenheit.
So it’s real fuckin' hot,in other words.
Arrakis is a planet so blisteringly blazing that the Fremen probably cool themselves down by setting themselves on fire.
Let him cook
Think back to it.
Sand or sun burns?
Never happens once to my memory.
He first shows up on Arrakis wearing a black suit, for Christ’s sake!
In fact, most of the Fremen do that at some point.
In both Dune and Dune Part 2 the perils of heat and thirst are talked about but never seen.
Contrarily, Dune Awakening feels hot in a way that the movies just don’t seem to try for.
As a result, temperature and moisture aren’t just aesthetics, they’re integral elements.
Sucking drops of dew out of flowers can mean the difference between life or death.
Maybe Dune 3 will finally find the thermostat?
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