Apocalypse Via Photoshop

The History Channel has rolled out a new set of ads for its upcoming premiere of ‘Life After People’ on Monday at 9 P.M. They include image-shifting phone booths that depict the Photoshop-assisted deterioration of the Brooklyn Bridge after hundreds of years of neglect. The show is based on the book The World Without Us by Alan Weisman and highlighted in an article in Scientific American. It’s essentially one big thought experiment that explores what would happen across the planet if the human race was to simply up and disappear. We see in The Fall of New York City that the subways would flood, buildings and roads would crack and crumble due to the freeze/thaw cycle, and our grand suspension bridges would fall in about 300 years.

The program will also look at the fate of our furry companions. Large dogs and house cats should do fine (we all knew that we need cats more than they need us), but according to the show’s site the Fifis of the world may have some difficulty adjusting to life without humans:

Bred over hundreds of years to be smaller, easier to care for and to require less food and exercise, small breeds of dogs, like the ever-popular chihuahuas, Yorkshire terriers and pugs, will have difficulty staying alive after the demise of their owners. Although they can be highly intelligent, these small dogs have short legs and little strength or endurance, which will make it difficult for them to compete for food-if they can even make it out of the house, the first test of their survival. The smallest dogs probably won’t last a week without humans.

Below: Future MetLife Building not doing so hot.