Mission to Mars

[DocCharly65]

Strange - I like that contrast of the starbursts blue to the rest of the red colors... 
Very cool indirect lighting of the rocks in the foreground.

Cool!

[Matt]

w.i.p.

Sunset on Mars. I'm testing different light conditions to see if everything works well.
I think I'll be rendering Mars terrains for the next few years.

I like this whole series. This new render could be one of my favourites, except that I'd prefer to see a white-ish sun. Yes, I've seen the photos of blue sunsets on Mars, but really the sun's visible disc turns slightly yellow at sunset, not blue (most people miss this detail). What turns blue is the dust in the atmosphere, not the visible disc of the sun. The dust creates a blue halo around the sun in the sky, but this scatters some blue light out of the direct sunlight, so the sun and the starburst should be white/yellow. If you're going for realism, that is 

Matt

[René]

You're right Matt. I may use a localized cloud for the bluish dust.
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/images/117989main_image_feature_347_ys_full.jpg?itok=mfrKtzfK

[archonforest]

Great job!!!!
Try the localized cloud and the white sun.

[Hannes]

Great idea!!

[René]

Mars vehicle. w.i.p.

The vehicle is from NASA: https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/nmss-sev

[zaxxon]

This is such an excellent display of your ability and TG's facility to render the Martian landscape. Truly an enjoyable series!

[René]

Thanks!

[DocCharly65]

Looks as from a movie! I love this render!

[Dune]

Great render. I can imagine you traveling and rendering away in this terrain. Only thing you need to do is clone out some holes upper right or use force all edges.

[luvsmuzik]

So glad you are sharing this! Fantastic!

[René]

Dune: Do you mean those white specks? They are less visible at a higher resolution, but it won't harm to use force all edges anyhow.

[Dune]

Yes, that's what I mean. But sometimes cloning them out in a still is much faster than using force all edges.

[DocCharly65]

Yes, that's what I mean. But sometimes cloning them out in a still is much faster than using force all edges.

When I saw them I first thought it were little parts of reflections - means really at first I did not recognize them.

What if they are? could movement of the light source of a thenth of a degree already help?

[Dune]

No, it's not to do with light, just an error in rendering (hole in the thin sheet of triangles, so to say).