Blue Mars

[Vaebn]

I've been working on a little project of mine, and just made this. ^^

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Edited March 23, 2014 by Vaebn

[Camacha]

I assume you forgot to add the picture

[CalculusWarrior]

Oooh, pretty!

[Accelerando]

yes! you render mars oceans wonderfully. like i could go there now and wade on the shores of a rust-stained beach, barbecue with some friends, shivering in the chilly air of the thickening atmosphere at such great distance from the sun.

love how there are no land plants either. just a barren desert with sea bearing the distant promise of life.

[Vaebn]

In regards to plants. It's actually rather green, almost *too* green in fact. Colours are simply a bit desaturated because I thought it looked more "realistic" that way.

In fact, here's a different render with a somewhat different texture with some extra desertification going on. (desert as in being cold and plantless, not hot)

The green in this picture is the same texture as the green in the other picture. As opposed to the reddish bits which are closer to the planet's original colour.

However, I do have to admit that whilst I was poking around with it, I was actually thinking about the plants on the ground.

And what I was thinking, is that the conditions that are more likely to model the fist biomes on Mars are basically, the Canadian/Siberian Tundra. Grass, moss and lichens, growing on permafrost at near -28 C for at least half the year. These areas of the world look basically like this:

So at no point was I thinking something lushier and junglier than that.

Edited March 23, 2014 by Vaebn

[Scotius]

And yet tundra can be surprisingly productive. For such seemingly harsh environment we still have herds of reindeers/caribou roaming there, musk oxen, wolves and polar bears. Not to mention many species of birds and rodents. So, maybe some animals wouldn't be out of place?

[Sillychris]

Awesome! With your Blue Duna I can crash down hard in the ocean and use less fuel to get there!