099-fire-fountains-dixon – A bleak volcanic plain under a dense, monochromatic orange sky features active lava fountains erupting along a subterranean fissure network. High-energy geysers of incandescent, molten rock spray upward, feeding a river of bright yellow-orange lava that winds through a dark, crustal field of cooled pahoehoe basalt. The uniform, haze-choked atmosphere of the young Earth was dominated by heavy outgassing with an dense greenhouse effect.; acrylic and gouache on illustration board, approximately 10x7 inches, 1975; © Don DIxon
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