The word landscape can mean picture as well as natural scenery. Recent advances in space
exploration imaging have allowed us to now have landscapes never before possible and this book
collects some of the greatest views and vistas of Mars Venus's Titan Io and more in their
full glory with background information to put into context the foreign landforms of our Solar
System. Here literally are 'other-worldly' visions of strange new scenes all captured by the
latest technology by landing and roving vehicles or by very low-flying spacecraft. There is
more than scientific interest in these views. They are also aesthetically beautiful and
intriguing and Dr. Murdin in a final chapter compares them to terrestrial landscapes in fine
art. Planetary Vistas is a science book and a travel book across the planets and moons of the
Solar System for armchair space explorers who want to be amazed and informed. This book shows
what future space explorers will experience because these are the landscapes that astronauts
and space tourists will see.
