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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After watching the utter devastation wrought by Israel on Gaza, with much of the Palestinian territory transformed into an uninhabitable moonscape, many in Lebanon fear the IDF has similar plans for their country.
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
But there was more blank space to fill in on Issei’s end, with Season 2 swapping out fantasy sequences in Camille’s mind palace for Issei’s visions of black-and-white moonscapes to that effect.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
Nature’s physical erasure of the fires’ aftermath is on display in a slider of photos my colleague Terry Castleman published comparing satellite images of Pacific Palisades in January and December, the moonscape of brown and ash white replaced by a Scotland-like, vibrant green.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
An hour’s drive northwest of Goma, across a vast moonscape of black lava, is a shambolic roadside community called Sake.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
But there was more blank space to fill in on Issei’s end, with Season 2 swapping out fantasy sequences in Camille’s mind palace for Issei’s visions of black-and-white moonscapes to that effect.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
Nature’s physical erasure of the fires’ aftermath is on display in a slider of photos my colleague Terry Castleman published comparing satellite images of Pacific Palisades in January and December, the moonscape of brown and ash white replaced by a Scotland-like, vibrant green.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
An hour’s drive northwest of Goma, across a vast moonscape of black lava, is a shambolic roadside community called Sake.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Moonscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonscape. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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moonscape
noun
moon·scape
ˈmün-ˌskāp
: the surface of the moon as seen or as pictured
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