Gallery: Fantastic Sci-Fi Art Shows You a Beautiful, Bewildering Future

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    "Inside the Roche Limit": Harris' works often invoke a sense of cataclysm that is beyond the scope of human imagination.
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    "Migration": Harris also likes to depict imaginative sights that may never be seen.
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    Cover of the book "Saturn" by Ben Bova.
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    "Cities in Flight 1": This is a sketch for a piece on the James Blish "Cities in Flight" quartet of novels.
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    "Aftermath, T + 60": This painting, done for a prior Space Shuttle launch, ended up capturing perfectly the sadness and loss from the Challenger disaster.
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    "The Inundated Coast": Harris has been working on a collection called the "Secret History of the Earth" paintings, which show imaginary satellite photos of our planet.
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    "Sulphur Storm": Part of the "Secret History of the Earth" series
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    "Transit": Part of the "Secret History of the Earth" series
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    "The View from Above 2": Part of the "Secret History of the Earth" series
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