But a moon, Miranda, was a stunning mosaic of seemingly every conceivable geology.
Visitors can climb the ramp to the north gallery for a closer look at the remaining stunning mosaics (most are gone).
The 12th--century church contains a stunning medieval mosaic in its apse, the Triumph of the Cross, with 12 doves symbolising the apostles.
Now the stunning Byzantine mosaics of the monastery are covered with sand to shield them from erosion caused by the direct impact of the winter rain.
The master's stunning mosaics are less well known.
The surprise is that this long, stunning mosaic tells his story so well, within a chaotic world history evoked with clarity for the screen.
Or the stunning mosaics that give name to the Golden Hall in Stockholm's City Hall.
The location is fabulous, in a quiet suburb right next to the Kariye Museum and its stunning Byzantine mosaics.
But some, confused by this stunning mosaic of esthetic disarray, have singled out Donald Trump as a supreme example of Bad Taste, whatever that might be.
The stunning mosaic of The Creation in the baptistry contains 150,000 pieces of coloured glass; it and the mosaic above .