moonscape
noun
moon·scape
ˈmün-ˌskāp 
: the surface of the moon as seen or as depicted
also
: a landscape resembling this surface
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The valley is a desolate moonscape.
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At the top, deck looks like a moonscape, and the roar of rushing cars and trucks was barely discernible, thanks to the thick, 12-foot-tall sound walls on either side of the structure, which is slightly wider than an American football field and about three-quarters its length.
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Entire neighborhoods — schools, medical facilities, mosques, bakeries and homes — have been reduced to a moonscape of rubble, and tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
In preparation, Firefly built a one-acre moonscape at its Rocket Ranch facility to test how Blue Ghost could avoid hazards and navigate according to the terrain.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
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.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2024
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Entire neighborhoods — schools, medical facilities, mosques, bakeries and homes — have been reduced to a moonscape of rubble, and tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
In preparation, Firefly built a one-acre moonscape at its Rocket Ranch facility to test how Blue Ghost could avoid hazards and navigate according to the terrain.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
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.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Moonscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonscape. Accessed 22 Dec. 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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