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ArgosyProject:Terminal Braking

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As the sun rises over the rugged lowlands of Mars, fog forms in the valleys and craters. Phobos hurtles through the dawn sky, accompanyed this day by a manned craft, slowing like a meteor in the high, thin Martian air.
This is an older piece, but I still like it a lot, particularly the plasma stream. The model is a slightly modified version of my Mars-to-orbit Ferry.
Thanks to [link] for the Phobos model, and NASA for the MOLA terrain data I used to model the Mars surface.

Modeled and rendered in Lightwave8.5, texturing and post work in PhotoshopCS.

Thanks for taking a look.
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Javajunkie1976's avatar
I'm always amazed at your work. I'm still futzing around using Microsoft Paint. I've created a few good works but never on the level of this. You should get a job with NASA as an illustrator for future missions. I look forward to what else you have in the works. Have you ever considered doing a series showing the first missions to the moon?