[114] Ruins Of Antares - a distant world briefly becomes habitable as its star swells into a red giant, then is abandoned This astronomical illustration by Don Dixon depicts a hypothetical exoplanetary landscape looking toward the horizon during sunrise. The scene features a crimson atmosphere with a prominent primary star low on the horizon and a secondary blue-white star higher in the sky, accompanied by a large crescent moon and a transit of a smaller planetary body. The foreground contains the weathered remains of an ancient civilization; acrylic, 1980
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