Apart from a few lakes and rivers, Himsatinski is dry. Towering columns of hexagonal speckled stone. The plants are brittle orange trumpets pointing up at the sky.
Mottled winged creatures spend their lives in flight, not even landing to reproduce. They spend most of their lives in hibernation, punctuated by rapid bursts of activity when conditions are right.
Nearly all water on the planet contains micro-organisms that give it a jelly-like consistency.