This week’s top image is this slightly muddy one by Chesley Bonestell.
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Granted, I haven’t put as much energy into figuring out the origins of this Bonestell as I did for the last one I featured. But this is further proof that the 40s-era Bonestell is still crushing it just as hard as any 70s sci-fi artist, and likely while deeply influencing them as well…