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Further forays into xenobiology can be experinenced in my DA "Paleo & Sci Illo" gallery:

[link]

This is a basalt stiltwalker that inhabits Columbiad the volcanic moon of a "warm Neptune". This moon is smaller than Mars, but it has a liquid metal core that provides a sheltering magnetosphere. Colombiad is like one huge Iceland. It has volcanic fissures that periodically flood large areas in lava. Bodies of water are often boiled away, to fall as snow at its poles. These glaciers release torrents of water at their margins. Colombiad has many spectacular cataracts and stepped waterfalls. Stiltwalkers evolved to cover vast distances between resources. They travel from pole to pole like land dwelling whales. This one is as tall as a 20 story building. It is topping off its camel-like reservoir for a long journey across the dry equatorial latitudes.

art & text (c) John P. Alexander

Description
Further forays into xenobiology can be experinenced in my DA "Paleo & Sci Illo" gallery:

[link]

This is a basalt stiltwalker that inhabits Columbiad the volcanic moon of a "warm Neptune". This moon is smaller than Mars, but it has a liquid metal core that provides a sheltering magnetosphere. Colombiad is like one huge Iceland. It has volcanic fissures that periodically flood large areas in lava. Bodies of water are often boiled away, to fall as snow at its poles. These glaciers release torrents of water at their margins. Colombiad has many spectacular cataracts and stepped waterfalls. Stiltwalkers evolved to cover vast distances between resources. They travel from pole to pole like land dwelling whales. This one is as tall as a 20 story building. It is topping off its camel-like reservoir for a long journey across the dry equatorial latitudes.

art & text (c) John P. Alexander