Léon Benett Engraving: Explorers on the Comet's Icy Terrain, Off on a Comet (Hector Servadac), Jules Verne 1877

A wood engraving by Léon Benett from Jules Verne's Off on a Comet (Hector Servadac), depicting three explorers navigating the jagged, otherworldly rock formations of Gallia, the fragment of Earth swept into space aboard a passing comet. The lead figure carries a specimen or instrument as the group picks its way through icy, alien crags under a pale sky, capturing Verne's blend of scientific speculation and adventurous exploration of a fantastical extraterrestrial landscape.