"Red Sands of Mars" Topic
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| Dropship Horizon | 17 Sep 2009 1:23 a.m. PST |
Has anyone used Vallejo Stone Effect Red Oxide Paste picture as 'lazy' basing for Mars? Cheers
Mark |
| Phil Walling | 17 Sep 2009 1:28 a.m. PST |
Oo i'd not seen that before.. it looks rather nice. |
| Mick A | 17 Sep 2009 1:34 a.m. PST |
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| Two Owl Bob | 17 Sep 2009 1:39 a.m. PST |
Didn't NASA admit that they deliberately alter the colour of Mars surface photos to fit peoples expectations of a red planet? I'm sure that Mars is beige… |
| Henrix | 17 Sep 2009 1:40 a.m. PST |
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| Phil Walling | 17 Sep 2009 1:43 a.m. PST |
I'm sure that Mars is beige Nooo that would mean that Mars drives an Austin Allegro and has leather patches on its elbows… |
| Wombling Free | 17 Sep 2009 5:47 a.m. PST |
I always thought TOGs were from another planet … |
| KatieL | 17 Sep 2009 8:18 a.m. PST |
"Didn't NASA admit that they deliberately alter the colour of Mars surface photos to fit peoples expectations of a red planet?" The surface dusts contain a large amount of Fe2O3 – ferric oxide. Otherwise known as "rust". The rest is largely silica in the form of fine sand. |
| Farstar | 18 Sep 2009 3:32 p.m. PST |
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| Top Gun Ace | 18 Sep 2009 5:06 p.m. PST |
Looking at some of those photos, I can definitely see the need for a hover, or grav tank. |
| BBurger | 19 Sep 2009 1:45 a.m. PST |
Not enough atmospheric pressure for hover. Grav, tracks or wheels it is. Even after terraforming, there'd be parts of Mars where the atmosphere would still kill you dead, and ground your hovertank. Mars has huge vertical relief compared to Earth, despite being smaller. |
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