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Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal. The arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.[1]

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Christ the Redeemer is featured in Wrath of God and Latinoamerica sin Humanos.

Wrath of God[]

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Christ the Redeemer is the last light glowing in Rio de Janeiro.

It was first introduced in 1 day after people when Christ the Redeemer remains one of the most awesome manmade sights on Earth, high above the City of God, where it towers over a landscape that once was home to more than 6 million souls. It is completed in 1931 and rising 130 feet, but the statue has a secret, it seems to withstand everything nature can throw at it even frequent bolts of lightning. The statue seems poised for a long reign on Earth but as power plants begin to shutdown around the world and Rio de Janeiro turns dark, the Redeemer is the last light in the darkness.

In 4 days after people, the lights of the Christ the Redeemer turns dark and the night is fully returned to darkness in Rio de Janeiro. Unknown to the millions living below in the time of humans, the statue had a secret power, an electric forcefield, gave by workers as part of a major renovation aiming to save the statue. Michael J. Crosbie stated that in the year 2000, the statue was fitted with a cathode mesh system which is actually a mesh of wires that was installed inside the statue and were electrified with a low voltage charge, where it draws corrosion away from the original steel reinforcement and the wire mesh takes on the corrosion. Without the forcefield, the episode question how long can the Redeemer last before Steven S. Ross answered that corrosion will take hold again very quickly from the history of the statue.

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The hands fall into the base of Corcovado mountain.

In 50 years after people, still standing 2,400 feet on the peak of Corcovado mountain in Brazil, the 1,145 ton Christ the Redeemer is struggling to maintain its pose. Steven S. Ross stated that as one get closer, one'll realize that some of the outside veneer and the fine detail of soapstone will have pulled away. Weak spots were revealed in year 2000 during a renovation. Steven S. Ross stated that the first things to fail are likely where the statue has been patched in the past especially the wrist, some sections of the arm, and the neck, where the greatest stresses have occurred on the structure. It cause the beginning of the end for Christ the Redeemer's reign on Earth as the hand weaken and falls into the base of Corcovado mountain.

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Christ the Redeemer collapse, in the bottom view.

Its fate is revealed in 250 years after people when the corroded bones of Christ the Redeemer is covered in a robe of green. Steven S. Ross stated that plant life would colonized and wind would scoured some of the surface. Gordon Masterton stated that ultimately in a high wind event, the statue could topple over. The wind cause one of the arm to fail and the entire statue follows as it topples and collapse.

In 500 years after people, the mountains above Rio de Janeiro no longer graced by the figure of Jesus Christ. Michal J. Crosbie that 400 to 500 years after on the top of the mountain, there will look like a huge tree that's overgrown and it was once the statue of Christ the Redeemer.

Latinoamerica sin Humanos[]

100 Years after People: In Rio De Janeiro, the head and arms of the Christ the Redeemer Statue are now covered in vines, creating a carpet of green on the statue.

200 Years after People: After years of corrosion, The left arms of the Christ the Redeemer Statue falls.

250 Years after People: With the statue losing another arm, the statue is already being weakened. The Christ the Redeemer Statue collapse and crumbles to debris.

Trivia[]

  • In Wrath of God, a cross can be seen in the aftermath of its collapse

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Wrath of God

Latinoamerica sin Humanos

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