081-Binary-Sun [081] Binary Sun — Description This artwork presents a vista from a circumbinary planet, featuring two closely paired sun-like stars suspended in a pale, hazy sky. The arid landscape consists of weathered, rocky outcroppings in the foreground, rolling sand dunes in the mid-ground, and distant sedimentary plateaus. The lighting conditions suggest a high-noon phase where the combined luminosity of the binary pair flattens the topography of the desert environment. Illustration by Don Dixon. gouache on illustration board, 1976 © Don Dixon
[081] Binary Sun — Description This artwork presents a vista from a circumbinary planet, featuring two closely paired sun-like stars suspended in a pale, hazy sky. The arid landscape consists of weathered, rocky outcroppings in the foreground, rolling sand dunes in the mid-ground, and distant sedimentary plateaus. The lighting conditions suggest a high-noon phase where the combined luminosity of the binary pair flattens the topography of the desert environment. Illustration by Don Dixon. gouache on illustration board, 1976 © Don Dixon
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