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Comp seems kind of plain. Perhaps a closer view of the rubble, with the stacks peeping over them might have worked better for impact. I also see a fair amount of noise or compression artifacts in the sky.
Is that a nuclear power plant in the background? Giant power lines? Wasted House.
All of the elements here, together, make this look like a Terrible place.
Technically: 6 or 7. Thought provoking: 10. What's worse? Human waste to the planet, or natures? 9