Orbis Magna

Orbis Magna is the third and outermost of the inner planets, located in the Stellar Maximus System. Once inhabited by numerous rahi, and possibly a civilization, it is currently uninhabited.

Geography and Climate
Orbis Magna has a rather rocky and mountainous terrain, due to its hight seismic activity. Despite a relatively thick atmosphere, Obis Magna had a cold and cloudy climate, with much rain and fog. Lakes were common, as they were a bi-product of run off rain water from the mountain sides.

Many of the mountains are believed, by matoran seismologists, to be long extinct volcanos. The rather uneven and rocky terrain, along with the hight seismic activity, suggest the presents, or at least the past occurrence of volcanic activity.

Flora and Fauna
Orbis Magna is almost completely deprived of plant life; save for a few rare species that survive only at high altitudes, and only in specific areas. There is, however, a small scrub-forest of small, low light plants, located in Obis Magna's tallest and longest mountain range, the Misty Mountains. Among other plants are aquatic plants, such as are only found in the lakes.

Fossil evidence betrays the presents of once-common rahi that inhabited Orbis Magna. However, most, if not all of the rahi, have gone extinct on Orbis Magna, leading matoran scientists to believe that some natural catastophey occurred, resulting in a mass-extinction.

Among the few known life forms to still persist on the planet, are acherotic bacteria, living deep in Obis Magna's lakes. Scientists believe that the bacteria survive feeding on energy from hydrothermal vents, for many of the lakes are located in the caulderas of extinct volcanos.

Trivia
The Misty Mountains were named after a fictional mountain range of the same name, in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

The Titan Lord Tethys was imprisoned here, instead of Lunas Magna, to ensure solitary confinement.