Below them the planet had apparently returned to normal.

The planet is returning to life, coming back form its nuclear/biological devastation.

He orders that the planet be quarantined and return to Earth.

Then her mind became attuned again, and the planet returned.

Will the planet ever return to that lifeless state?

The moment his hands were gone, the planet returned to its natural- or, in this case, decidedly unnatural- form.

We would all be dead before the planet returned to bare rock.

The planet popped out of existence and Zennor's image returned.

"The planet is returning to its fully compressed state."

The soil was uncovered once more and the planet returned to its beginnings.