Nauru used to be one of the righest nations in the world, until its lucrative phosphate mines dried up, leaving a "moonscape" behind. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: February 16, 2003 - February 22, 2003 Archives] Reference
It almost looks like some sort of weird moonscape. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2005] Reference
Left behind is a moonscape of waste material known as slag. From Wordnik.com. [Smelter's Shut, So Now What?] Reference
Somewhere in this moonscape, said the technician, was a baby. From Wordnik.com. [CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF BECOMING] Reference
Jets aflicker, the boat staggered drunkenly over the moonscape. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
The tape will show us miniature moonscape in wake of the battle. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2001] Reference
People who have seen the area call it pulverized and a moonscape. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2007] Reference
A smile spread itself across the moonscape of Minerva's round face. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
He giddily foresees "casinos or resorts with moonscape golf courses.". From Wordnik.com. [Saucers In Their Eyes] Reference
The abandoned fields stretched for miles, as desolate as a moonscape. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
It is a desolate moonscape of rugged hills and mountains and scrubland. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2001] Reference
You had described this yesterday as something to witness in a moonscape. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2007] Reference
And as we drove in, you could just see it almost looks like a moonscape. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2007] Reference
He then described what was more like a moonscape than a functioning nation. From Wordnik.com. [Reviewing David Cromwell and David Edwards' "Guardians of Power"] Reference
There was another world in human space whose surface was largely barren moonscape. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Engineers]
Climbing up that icy moonscape would challenge every bit of their physical reserves. From Wordnik.com. [Arctic Fire]
In this barren sandy moonscape, UN troops replaced European peacekeepers last March. From Wordnik.com. [Chad, Home to Sudanese Refugees, Wants UN to Leave] Reference
The mountainous, arid countryside closely resembles Djibouti's own undulating moonscape. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: U.S., NATO Expand Afghan War To Horn Of Africa And Indian Ocean] Reference
He finished listening to the message, then turned and looked out over the stark moonscape. From Wordnik.com. [The Runaway Asteroid] Reference
Correspondents with the relief force described the hills around Khe Sanh as "a moonscape.". From Wordnik.com. [1968 the Year that Rocked the World]
Because of the high altitude, it was like a desolate moonscape: treeless, grassy and rocky. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Fogwell: A Dizzying Drive Over Switzerland's Furka Pass] Reference
Two Army Black Hawk helicopters landed on a barren, gray field that looked like a moonscape. From Wordnik.com. [Exclusive: Behind Enemy Lines] Reference
Some browsed Richard's books and others peered through his small telescope at the moonscape. From Wordnik.com. [The Runaway Asteroid] Reference
The outer door opened, and the dusty moonscape lay before them, glimmering in the earthlight. From Wordnik.com. [2001 A Space Odyssey]
Gazing at the pasture that the night had turned into a moonscape but for the barbed-wire fence?. From Wordnik.com. [Texas Lawman]
Between rooms are sloping, bumpy moonscape-like floors designed to throw occupants off balance. From Wordnik.com. [Quest For Immortality Hits a Financial Snag] Reference
SANCHEZ: Florida senator says the tornado turned a part of his state into a moonscape, his word. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2007] Reference
He goes on to describe what he sees as something more like a moonscape than a functioning nation. From Wordnik.com. [Afghanistan - The Other Lost War] Reference
Hey, if the bases are surrounded by bloated starving children and a moonscape, so much the better. From Wordnik.com. [America Is Not At War!] Reference
It still looks like a moonscape, a vast gray sand and gravel plain broken only by some pale rocks. From Wordnik.com. ['My Mercedes is Not for Sale'] Reference
CNN's John King is in Rancho Bernardo tonight where moonscape and memories are living side by side. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2007] Reference
The result; a felted moonscape, puntcuated by geothermal fireworks, blanketed by a cool, overcast climate. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Mesler: Olafur Eliasson in Iceland] Reference
He fumbled out of his couch in time to watch the moonscape flying under him, receding, a magnificent view. From Wordnik.com. [A World Out of Time]
The mudslide turned the volcano's emerald slopes into a reddish-brown moonscape with few signs of the life that was once there. From Wordnik.com. [Fields Of Death] Reference
Only after the ship crossed the terminator, and the moonscape was plunged into darkness, did jorn think to recheck his figures. From Wordnik.com. [And all the Stars a Stage]
Once, she had heard a teacher use that word, “moonscape,” and she pictured something strangely beautiful in its voidance of life. From Wordnik.com. [small traumas] Reference
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