Desert
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The older star tried to kill the younger, but failed, and now the younger sun continuously pursues the older across the sky, and in their anger the suns scorched the planet into a desert forevermore.
Source: "Just So" Story - The Ballad Of Cable Hogue is a 1970 western film about a failed prospector who finds a water source in the Arizona desert, attempts to found a town around it, falls in love with a prostitute, and ultimately dies saving the life of a man who betrayed him years ago.
Source: Names The Same / Cross Media -
Waxing Lyrical: The Skipper once quotes the closing theme song when he says, following the most recent failed escape, "I get the feeling we're gonna be here for a long, long time." Weirdness Magnet: You know, for an "uncharted desert isle" that island is a pretty busy place.
Source: Series / Gilligan's Island
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