Maapallil

Maapallil is a fictional planet featured in the science fiction novel "The Martian Chronicle" by Ray Bradbury. In the narrative, Maapallil is the original homeworld of the Martian civilization. It is depicted as a planet that has suffered ecological collapse and is nearing its end. The Martians, facing extinction on their dying world, are driven to seek new homes, which eventually leads them to Mars.

Bradbury uses Maapallil as a cautionary tale about the consequences of environmental mismanagement and the potential for civilizations to destroy themselves. The planet's demise serves as a backdrop for the Martians' desperate attempts to survive and their eventual migration to Mars, which they find to be a more habitable, albeit initially desolate, world. The concept of Maapallil highlights themes of loss, survival, and the cyclical nature of life and death on a cosmic scale within Bradbury's fictional universe.