051-uranus-dixon – Uranus on the horizon of its moon Oberon. This historical astronomical painting presents a speculative view of Uranus and its major satellites aligned vertically against the planet's disc, as viewed from a cratered, icy moon's surface. The gas giant exhibits subtle vertical atmospheric bands, consistent with its unique, highly tilted rotational axis. Three smaller spherical moons are positioned in a straight vertical line over the planet's face, transiting across the terminator line between the day and night sides, while a rugged foreground of rocky spires and frozen plains shapes the low-angle perspective. acrylic and gouache on illustration board, 1974. © Don Dixon
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