274-first-seas-dixon – This serene astronomical landscape depicts a stabilizing early Earth as its global temperature drops enough to allow liquid water to pool permanently. Wide, clear blue seas flood ancient volcanic impact basins along a barren, undulating brown shoreline under a calm, lightly clouded blue sky. A large crescent Moon hangs low over the ocean horizon, illustrating the proximity of the lunar orbit during this early planetary epoch. acrylic, gouache, and colored pencil
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