The descriptions of moon landscapes as told by the scientist are vivid and detailed in each element. The use of technical terms and depth of knowledge shared with the reader gives a real sense that you are observing, experiencing and part of the discoveries and the situation of those making those discoveries.
The book describes the geography of the moon in a level of detail that educates, informs and assists in building a deep visual picture of the environment they are facing. Through the use of colours (“blue-white iridescence as the sunlight” / “glittering enigma”); distance (“only a mile or two away”); size (“those mountains were tens of thousands of feet high”); height (“a six hundred foot drop”) and direction (“southern horizon”/ “thirty miles to the east”); all allow the reader to build a visual map to assist them in the journey of the story.
It is this map that the reader builds in their mind that takes them on the journey of the discovery of the Sentinel with Wilson.