[217] The Winds of Centaurus - This illustration by Don Dixon depicts a surface view from a hypothetical world orbiting within the Alpha Centauri system. The landscape features rugged, mountainous terrain and a calm sea under a deep blue sky, dominated by massive, vertically developed cloud columns suggestive of intense atmospheric convection. A bright primary star (Alpha Centauri A or B) sits low on the horizon, while two prominent moons or nearby planetary bodies appear in a phase-aligned configuration in the upper right quadrant.
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