337-mercury-caloris-basin-dixon – This painting offers a dramatic low-orbit view of Mercury, focusing on the massive Caloris Basin under a brilliant, oversized Sun. The immense impact crater dominates the middle distance, its ringed walls and fractured floor casting soft shadows across the sun-baked, ancient terrain. cover November, 1997, Scientific American - acrylic and gouache painting © by Don Dixon
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