moonscape
noun
moon·scape
ˈmün-ˌskāp 
: the surface of the moon as seen or as depicted
also
: a landscape resembling this surface
Examples of moonscape in a Sentence
The valley is a desolate moonscape.
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Beyond the secured entrance gates, a tall concrete wall forms a serene semicircular courtyard with naturalistic desert landscaping too green to be a moonscape but minimal enough to evoke someplace otherworldly.
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Mark David, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2024
Wisconsin's air last summer was punctuated by alien moonscapes of hazy orange skies, pervasive odors and gasps triggered by tiny smoke particles inside lungs.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
On Apollo 14, astronaut Alan Shepard hit two golf balls out into the moonscape that were never retrieved.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
Russia's latest tactics to seize Ukrainian territory Russia has taken 430 square miles of Ukraine over the past nine months, while thousands of bombs and millions of artillery shells have turned the battlefield into a moonscape of craters.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 3 July 2024
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Mark David, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2024
Wisconsin's air last summer was punctuated by alien moonscapes of hazy orange skies, pervasive odors and gasps triggered by tiny smoke particles inside lungs.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
On Apollo 14, astronaut Alan Shepard hit two golf balls out into the moonscape that were never retrieved.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
Russia's latest tactics to seize Ukrainian territory Russia has taken 430 square miles of Ukraine over the past nine months, while thousands of bombs and millions of artillery shells have turned the battlefield into a moonscape of craters.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 3 July 2024
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moonscape
noun
moon·scape
ˈmün-ˌskāp
: the surface of the moon as seen or as pictured
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