Earth during the Ectasian period

Photorealistic depiction of Earth during the Ectasian period, 1.4 to 1.2 billion years ago: a barren, rocky landscape with vast shallow seas, minimal land vegetation, mostly lifeless terrain with some early microbial mats along shorelines, thick atmosphere with a hazy, reddish-orange sky due to high methane and low oxygen, ancient volcanic activity in the background, soft sunlight filtering through atmospheric haze, no complex life forms present, evoking the ancient and alien environment of early Earth