Have you ever wondered what it would be like to spend a night on Mars? This excerpt from the new book “Daydreaming in the Solar System” by John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson, takes a poetic look at what it might be like to explore the Red Planet if you were faced with the daunting prospect of climbing the biggest canyon in our solar system.
The book itself features beautiful illustrations by Michelle D. Parsons, and covers everything, from golfing on the moon to visiting Pluto, and is filled with fascinating facts about our small portion of the Milky Way.
You left your vehicle behind at midday so that you could hike far enough in daylight that it would be over the horizon from your perspective by the time you made camp. Why make the coming descent harder than it needs to be? Quite simply, you wanted this moment to belong just to yourself and the landscape: sunset on the rim of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system.
“Writer Fuel” is a series of cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration.
