Off on a Comet – Castaways Scouting the Coastline with a Telescope

This engraving illustrates a scene from Jules Verne's 'Off on a Comet' (Hector Servadac), depicting two characters surveying a rocky, volcanic coastline swept up by the comet Gallia. One figure, dressed in a military-style coat, stands scanning the horizon while his companion peers through a telescope. Jagged basalt cliffs, a cascading waterfall, and turbulent skies underscore the disorienting, otherworldly landscape the castaways must navigate as they explore their fragmented, comet-bound world.