amazing image of mars

[DanSteph]

A friend sent me those image, searching about the author's name gave me
that page: http://home-1.worldonline.nl/~veenen/terragen/mars/mars.html
Very intteresting site and amazing picture.

[Arkalius]

I love the pictures of the Olympus Mons...

These are some really top rate pictures, wonder how this guy did it...

[gladiator1332]

Just looking at those pictures makes you want to just hop in a space craft and go there.

[DanSteph]

quote from the author's site:

"Made with the digital elevation models of the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA).
These are visualizations of Mars in ancient, today's and future settings. Made with DEM15.6 and
Terragen 8.11 and 8.44."

There is 13 mn animation of mars on this site, I'm gonna watch them right now....
(recall: http://home-1.worldonline.nl/~veenen/terragen/mars/mars.html  )

edit:  the anim are here : http://www.space4case.com/index/index1.html


Dan

[DanSteph]

not a lot to see on the first three anim,
the last two worth a download if you have an high connexion.

Dan

[canadave]

Those images are also in the current issue of Astronomy magazine.  I did a double-take when I
saw them in this thread...I was like, "These look familiar...."

Dave

[DanSteph]

they are really good for desktop background.

I will ask Mr Veenen if he can render them in 1280x1024

Dan

[bgreman]

Ah, yes, Terragen.  One of my favorite programs.

http://www.pitt.edu/~bag14/renders.html

Some of my own renders there.

[McBrain]

At the picture with the water around Olympus Mons and the blue sky the sun look a bit small.
Sorry!! ( I just noticed that )  Really amazing renderings!!

[DanSteph]

Thanks to remind me this thread it was just time for me
to change my desktop wallpaper

Dan