[175] Ice World 1 - a frozen planet of a red dwarf star glistens in its deceptively warm glow. This illustration by Don Dixon depicts the cryosphere of a hypothetical exoplanet situated at a significant distance from its host star. The foreground features an icy cavern with detailed stalactites and stalagmites, opening onto a vast, glaciated landscape of rolling ice hills and frozen terrain. A distant, pale sun hangs in a clear dark blue sky, providing weak illumination that reflects off the crystalline surfaces, illustrating the low-insolation conditions of an outer-system "ice world." acrylic and gouache on board, 1982
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