Martian Visions, UMSF artistic impressions of Mars... |
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Martian Visions, UMSF artistic impressions of Mars... |
 Oct 14 2006, 03:04 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
Really appreciate the positive comments on my imaging efforts, however I don't want to clutter other, more specifically scientific topics with my "artistic impressions" of Mars... but I enjoy making them, and I know others do too (Ant, dilo, Nix etc), so can I suggest this separate topic for posting them in? Kind of a gallery?
Just to get the ball rolling, two of my new ones... "Victoria Dawn"
and "We Will Follow..."
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Oct 14 2006, 10:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 240 Joined: 18-July 06 Member No.: 981 |
These are great Stu. Actually I think they enhance the mainstream threads quite a bit as you post them. Especialy during downtime.
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Oct 15 2006, 12:33 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Little OT I know, but felt it might interest a few people. Last night I was leafing thru one of my most prized "martian possessions", a 1956 first edition of "THE EXPLORATION OF MARS" by Willy ley and Werner von Braun, and illustrated by the great Chesley Bonestell, when I noticed this...
... and I thought "Hmmm, that looks like the layering we see in Victoria..."  Just wondered if anyone else had noticed it. Sorry, carry on... 
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Oct 15 2006, 12:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 240 Joined: 18-July 06 Member No.: 981 |
By Phobos, you are on to something Stu! But then the pyramids must be buried round here somewhere ...
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Oct 15 2006, 01:25 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (MarkL @ Oct 15 2006, 12:54 PM)  By Phobos, you are on to something Stu! But then the pyramids must be buried round here somewhere ...  No conspiracy theory, just thought it was a cute coincidence. Time and time again space artists of the past are proven to have been "ahead of their time" in depicting planetary landscapes, that's all I'm saying.Of course, ol' Ches was a bit out with his achingly blue sky and mats of green lichen on the edge of the landing site, but at the time such aspects of the landscape were thought to be almost 100% guaranteed. We can laugh at them now of course, with 20/20 hindsight, but give it 20 years and our modern day artists impressions of extra-solar planets will seem equally cringe-worthy and quaint, I'm sure... Of course we now know the sky is more like this...  ... but isn't there a part of us all that wishes it was that beautiful, wonderfully-naive and innocent pre-Viking blue? I often wonder how the history of Mars exploration would have changed if Bonestell's visions of Mars had proved to be true... but that's being covered in a different thread. -------------------- |
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Oct 15 2006, 07:52 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
"The Spirit of Exploration..."
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Oct 15 2006, 08:19 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Great visionary images, Stuart!
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Oct 16 2006, 12:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 240 Joined: 18-July 06 Member No.: 981 |
QUOTE (dilo @ Oct 15 2006, 08:19 PM) Great visionary images, Stuart! Seconded. Very nice. |
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Oct 16 2006, 01:36 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
Very nices pictures Stuart.
 I'm the third, yesss (why? because 3 is my favourite number...  ).
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Oct 16 2006, 03:21 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Thanks guys, really appreciate the feedback, I'm in awe of the work you all do. But this is a thread for everyone, so come on UMSF Image Mages, let's see some unashamed creativity here! Let your imaginations run wild!
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Oct 16 2006, 04:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 19-June 04 Member No.: 85 |
Wow, Stu, those are some amazing images. I love the Columbia Hills one! Can you do one with just the sun and clouds?
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Oct 16 2006, 05:30 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (aldo12xu @ Oct 16 2006, 04:57 PM) Wow, Stu, those are some amazing images. I love the Columbia Hills one! Can you do one with just the sun and clouds? Here you go...
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Oct 16 2006, 05:56 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 19-June 04 Member No.: 85 |
Woah again!!
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Oct 16 2006, 08:01 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 16 2006, 06:30 PM) Here you go... Very nice, but just for the record are those terrestrial or Martian clouds? |
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Oct 16 2006, 09:14 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Very much terrestrial I'm afraid... the sky is a tinted photo of the sunset sky above Kendal, taken last year.
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