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Despite the extreme temperatures and radiation produced by its vicinity to the star the Halo shard has managed to sustain a habitable environment, although only when the terraformed side faces away from the star; the fragment's spin about itself produces a day-night cycle in which the terraformed side was in shadow for approximately sixteen hours, during which the temperatures remained high but survivable. However, when the habitable side rotated to face the star, not even the ring's systems could sustain livable temperatures or protect the occupants from the stellar radiation. Despite this, the UNSC took note of the ring's impressive redundant systems in functionalities including but not limited to those involved in maintaining gravitational field integrity, atmospheric composition, and even biodiversity levels.<ref name="wp shard"/> While most of the shard's terrain was rocky and barren due to its extreme daytime temperatures, one particular area had managed to sustain a river and even simple moss-like vegetation. The vegetation was speculated to possibly not be a carbon-based lifeform which would explain its survival.<ref name="nf3"/>