065-evolving-atmosphere-dixon –A vertical, hellish illustration of Earth's early Hadean eon depicts a highly unstable crust dominated by active volcanism and molten lava flows. In the foreground, a stark, jagged black basaltic cliff towers over a canyon floor flooded with glowing magma veins, while a molten waterfall cascades in the mid-ground. The turbulent, soot-choked atmosphere above is streaked with incoming meteors, one of which violently impacts a molten basin, as distant volcanic eruptions line the glowing horizon. ; gouache on illustration board, 1976
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