For a heartbeat of time they watched, unmoving, not breathing, staring at that barren surface.

The problem was solved by using the barren surface of the moon and the asteroid belt beyond Mars as a proving ground.

No longer were they required to walk the barren surface in space suits.

He would be almost as well off waiting for a savior out on the barren surface.

The only light came from an air shaft bored to the barren surface high above.

Not that the natives chose to gaze out upon the barren surface; the savings were mostly in terms of maintenance and access.

For those years, we have looked outside our domes and tunnels to see a surface barren of life.

The sun sinks, and the great barren surface cools.

The screen before her showed the barren, smooth surface of the Way.

Below the fog in most of the images was a brown, rock-less, barren surface.