A NASA lunar orbiter recently discovered a natural bridge on the Moon as wide as a two-lane highway. This is my TG2 depiction of what I think it might look like seen from the surface.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs324.ash2/60483_1386734911144_1315183121_888011_6679634_n.jpg)
great idea and cool surfaces!
i agree with inky, it looks really good. :)
Looks good , Blackcat :)
How does the color version look?
a bit rocky for the moon ^^
but cool
Quote from: Seth on October 05, 2010, 10:52:31 AM
a bit rocky for the moon ^^
If it were not the moon, I would say, stunning rocks ,-)
Thanks for all the nice compliments...they are much appreciated.
The bridge was created by the collapse of a lava tube, which is the reason for all the rubble at the bottom. You can just barely make out this debris in the orbital photo of the feature. There are a number of collapsed lava tubes on earth (notably in Hawaii) which provided visual models for this depiction. It's also similar to the enormous piles of rock one finds under large domes in caverns.
This one depicts one of the long, linear ice cliffs recently discovered on Saturn's moon, Dione.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs611.snc4/59112_1381574782144_1315183121_877981_6243379_n.jpg)
Exploring Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs450.snc3/25797_1231044338977_1315183121_528712_8236938_n.jpg)
A scene on Titan, just after a methane rain has soaked the shores of a methane lake. This was done for Scientific American earlier this year.
(http://black-cat-studios.com/catalog/catalog/goim008.jpg)
Io's volcano there is an image map shader?
Gliese 581 d, the recently discovered "Goldilocks planet" that may be very earth-like. It orbits very near a red dwarf star.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs426.ash1/23566_1241815368246_1315183121_547156_3130255_n.jpg)
Quote from: jbest on October 05, 2010, 05:15:07 PM
Io's volcano there is an image map shader?
You mean for the colors? There
is one for the entire moon, but I didn't use that here. We are much too close to the surface for it to work. The landscape itself was generated from a heightfield map that I created from scratch in Photoshop (something I do for all my TG renderings).
I meant the "firework"-looking volcano.
Hi
Titan and 581 are wonderful colored!
ciao
Naoo
Quote from: Naoo on October 05, 2010, 05:41:01 PM
Hi
Titan and 581 are wonderful colored!
ciao
Naoo
Thank you very much! I'm sorry that Titan was rather small. It was a full-page in the magazine. I'll try to post a slightly larger image tomorrow so you can see a little more of the detail.
Quote from: jbest on October 05, 2010, 05:19:55 PM
I meant the "firework"-looking volcano.
Oh that! It was drawn by hand after the landscape was rendered.
I think the rocks look fantastic in the collapsed bridge, really great!
The last one, Gliese 581 d, is very cool too! Nice work.
Wow, darn awesome!
The caldera of Olympus Mons.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs090.snc1/4643_1066284260078_1315183121_151483_7809546_n.jpg)
Another scene on Titan.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs023.snc3/11037_1157477939863_1315183121_380145_5769198_n.jpg)
A scene on Pluto (top) and Eris, the largest Kuiper Belt Object (bottom)...
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs023.snc3/11037_1161757926860_1315183121_388651_2486678_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs418.snc3/25166_1265192472659_1315183121_595511_5202468_n.jpg)
Exploring a sun-grazing comet...
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs414.snc3/24966_1261117530788_1315183121_587699_3555950_n.jpg)
Very impressive renders and equally impressive postwork.
John
Thanks! ;D
Two illustrations of the ice fountains of Enceladus...
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs023.snc3/11037_1154625948565_1315183121_375006_5599740_n.jpg) (http://www.ciclops.org/media/va/2010/6116_14391_1.jpg)
Vulcanism on Venus...
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs023.snc3/11037_1162434223767_1315183121_390147_4555183_n.jpg)
Nice images , Blackcat :)