moonscape

noun moon·scape \ -ˌskāp \

|Updated on: 21 Jul 2018

Examples: moonscape in a Sentence

Definition of moonscape

: the surface of the moon as seen or as depicted; also : a landscape resembling this surface

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Examples of moonscape in a Sentence

The valley is a desolate moonscape.

Recent Examples of moonscape from the Web

Wadi Rum is a moonscape of ancient valleys and towering weathered sandstone mountains rising out of the white and pink colored sands.

— jim berkeley, Town & Country, "How to Plan a Trip to Jordan," 5 Oct. 2016
Records show the sand being mined in the 1970s, but no mining or hauling has gone on since March 2013, leaving a moonscape-looking mess with hills of sand everywhere.

— lauren ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, "St. Johns water district planning five years of sand-hauling for Lake Norris area residents," 2 July 2018
Once a verdant collection of canyons, hillsides and farms, the area was reduced to a moonscape of ash by the avalanche of fast-moving molten rock, mud, and debris.

— mark stevenson and sonia perez d., chicagotribune.com, "At Guatemala volcano, caution as rescue efforts resume," 6 June 2018
Cross borders from Chile overland the Puna to Argentina through high altitude moonscapes, follow a llama-trek caravan over the vast blinding white salt flats and hike myriad- colored mountains, a painter's palette atop picturesque Indian villages.

— maita barrenechea, Town & Country, "How to Plan a Trip to South America," 5 Oct. 2016
Businesses shuttered as owners fled, memories still fresh of Sunday's blast, which left at least 75 people dead and 192 missing, and reduced a once verdant area to a moonscape of ash.

— sonia perez d. and mark stevenson, chicagotribune.com, "New evacuations near Guatemala volcano set off panic," 6 June 2018
Businesses shuttered as owners fled, memories still fresh of Sunday’s blast, which left at least 75 people dead and 192 missing, and reduced a once verdant area to a moonscape of ash.

— USA TODAY, "More flows of debris from Guatemala volcano set off panic," 6 June 2018
Kris Burmeister says he's seen his Leilani Estates neighborhood go from a lush jungle to a moonscape.

— CBS News, "Lava changing Hawaii landscape as health officials warn of a new hazard," 30 May 2018
And, almost certainly, the idyllic reflection has been baked to a ghastly moonscape.

— dennis wagner, azcentral, "A refuge and memories go up in smoke as another backcountry paradise burns away," 5 May 2018

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