The asteroid Icarus passes so close to the Sun on the inner part of its orbit that it glows red-hot. Meanwhile another asteroid burns up in the atmosphere of Jupiter! (Acrylics)
Icarus near Sun


Published by
David A. Hardy
Former President and currently European Vice President of the IAAA. Art first published in 1952, freelance since 1965. Writer, editor and designer of 'Visions of Space', 1989. Other major books: 'Hardyware', 2001, Futures: 50 Years in Space (with Sir Patrick Moore) 2004, etc., etc. See: http://www.astroart.org/#!hardy-profile/c1a9q Go to the artist's portfolio
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