| Cacique Caribe | 14 Oct 2009 1:01 p.m. PST |
Check out this photo: link
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picture I would love to make terrain with colors and textures like those. CC
PS. Some of those colors and textures are definitely going into my Sahadeen terrain project (when I finally get around to finishing it):
TMP link |
| Mlatch221 | 14 Oct 2009 1:32 p.m. PST |
Wow, not only is the Richat Structure cool, there are all kinds of amazing landscapes in the link to Matador Trips. Lots of inspiration there. |
Wyatt the Odd  | 14 Oct 2009 1:32 p.m. PST |
I think picture number two has been digitally enhanced, but it is an amazing formation. Wyatt |
 ColCampbell  | 14 Oct 2009 1:33 p.m. PST |
CC, It is "otherworldly" isn't it? Interesting how the colors change depending on the angle of the photography and the sunlight. Sure would be hard top duplicate that part of it but whatever you did would sure look unique! Jim |
| Schogun | 14 Oct 2009 2:28 p.m. PST |
It's in the Sahara desert of Mauritania near Ouadane. |
| Farstar | 14 Oct 2009 2:54 p.m. PST |
According to Google Earth's elevation tools, the whole thing varies by maybe 250 feet, with the lowest of the swales around 1300 feet elevation and the highest ridges and the center just over 1500 feet. The range it sits next to gets close to 2000 feet nearby. Google Earth also has some Panoramia links to some photos near the center, showing somewhat less striking colors than the examples above. It gives the appearance of being pretty normal desert-scape if you are on the ground. It takes some real height above it to become the big eye. |
| M C MonkeyDew | 14 Oct 2009 3:38 p.m. PST |
The earth is a Pokeball. Knew there would be proof one day. |
| Acharnement | 14 Oct 2009 3:52 p.m. PST |
First of all, it is obviously of alien origin. :>
Second, if you make something similar for the tabletop it just looks too fake. Some "real" terrain looks too strange to be believable, like the Wave Rock in Australia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_Rock |
| AndrewGPaul | 14 Oct 2009 4:02 p.m. PST |
The second link (the first "picture") is false-coloured, to distinguish different terrain types. It's also exaggerated 6:1 in the vertical axis to enhance the features. It's really much flatter than that. |
| La Long Carabine | 14 Oct 2009 4:30 p.m. PST |
You are going to need a big table or some tiny figures. That NASA link has it at 30 miles diameter. LLC aka Ron |
 20thmaine | 14 Oct 2009 4:48 p.m. PST |
The world is a marvellous place, is it not ? |
| Sumo Boy | 15 Oct 2009 6:51 a.m. PST |
You want some really otherworldly-looking terrain? Check out David Maisel's photos of Owens Valley, California:
link Perfect fodder for industrial nightmare scenery. |
| Angel Barracks | 15 Oct 2009 7:55 a.m. PST |
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| nazrat | 15 Oct 2009 9:07 a.m. PST |
Cool shots! I just wish when photographers screwed with the color on natural objects they'd let us know… |
| Lion in the Stars | 15 Oct 2009 10:42 a.m. PST |
Actually, I've seen a lot of weird rock formations like the Wave. Leslie Gulch, Oregon is a great place for surreal terrain, link . At least Leslie Gulch is on a scale small enough to put on the table! |
| Farstar | 15 Oct 2009 10:58 a.m. PST |
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| Tango India Mike | 15 Oct 2009 2:32 p.m. PST |
Another pic of the wave – from wiki picture [edit] checked out those david maisel pics and looked over the "Library of Dust" pics – of deserted asylum – spooked me out a bit.!"!!! |
| Sumo Boy | 15 Oct 2009 5:31 p.m. PST |
I'm thinking I might have to make some sort of sci-fi terrain board based on Maisel's pics of Owens Lake & environs. |
| GypsyComet | 18 Oct 2009 8:08 p.m. PST |
Another one to look at is the Waw an Namus volcanic crater in Libya. It isn't all that colorful, but it is a huge divot in the desert. link |
