Over the pit by dickbill
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It's almost night and the temperature has dropped to -92 centigrade. As soon as the drone reaches the bottom, air tanks and equipement will be sent.
Due to high solar activity and high radiation level in this region, and despite their suits, Human can only stay on the surface at night, but once on the bottom, they will be sheilded from radiation. Atmosphere in the pit appears extremely dusty and statically charged.
Comments (6)
kjer_99
Is the human in a suit only on the surface thing a fact or something you made up? I haven't heard about this before. Just curious. Seems if we can be on the airless moon's surface in daylight, we ought to be able to do the same on Mars, which is much farther away from the sun and has a thin atmosphere. Intriquing story, though.
dickbill
well, the radiation level on Mars is quite high due to its weak protection from a thin atmosphere and abscence of magnetosphere, though locally you have some small but strong magnetic fields. Cosmic rays can hit hard and, I believe solar flares (protons, alpha particles moving at 500km/seconds and X rays) in particular would deliver a lethal dose on an unprotected astronaut (a spacesuit is no protection). You don't have solar flares all the times, but when that happens, I assume that activities at night will be OK because the planet shields from the sun, but you still have cosmic rays (gamma burst and high energy particles). If the sun itself is monitored from close, except for Xrays, slower particles could be annonced 15-20 minutes in advance, enough to look for shelter. I don't think that cosmic and gamma rays can be detected much in advance because it comes from all directions. Anyhow, the level of radiation will have to be monitored constantly by personnal geiger detectors to avoid accumulating lethal doses over several months. The Moon is no different, actually much worse than Mars, but the missions were 3 days. I remember that one Apollo mission ended just at the same moment as one Solar flare started. Had the flare surprised the astronauts on the moon or in flight between Earth and Moon, they would have been cooked and there is nothing they could have done.
Thelby
Cool Scene!!!
VRG
That is magnificent- great that it includes a story, too. Feels like the planet doesn't want us...
Mousson
Beautiful scene, great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bobbystahr
Wonderful render Richard...a great continuation of the Mars theme...keep em coming.. ...