The Smokers of Gallis by artgum

Vue • Science Fiction • posted on Apr 16, 2008

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"3/12/2185, 0930 hours. We are approximately 12 km north of the landing site; we have entered one of the smaller chimney fields that is very broken by the channeling seen in the orbital imaging. It's obvious this area has been dormant for several thousand years due to the extreme self erosion of the smoker vents examined so far. The mineral depth here is several kilometers down, but looks entirely accessible. Unlike walker # 2, which is 20 km south, we are finding remnants of the sulphurized atmosphere lying in the low areas. Samples will be small, since we don't want to expose the lower leg supports to such corrosive elements for too long." Vue 6, Studio Max for the Terra Walker, Photoshop. Experimenting with displacement materials and a latent adolescent imagination. Thanks for you views and comments.

Comments (39)

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markon

10:05PM | Wed, 16 April 2008

Excellent SciFi image, love the landscape and the POV. Well done

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choronr

10:09PM | Wed, 16 April 2008

Your imagination is fertile with some great ideas; both, in writing and image creation ...outstanding work Paul.

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Thelby

10:43PM | Wed, 16 April 2008

Very, Very Cool and Very Well Crafted Sci-Fi!!!

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castaneda

10:48PM | Wed, 16 April 2008

Great scifi. Love the distant but huge moon/planet.

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chippwalters

11:33PM | Wed, 16 April 2008

Wow. Just a great scene. Love it!!

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odile

11:41PM | Wed, 16 April 2008

Great Sci-fi !

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crocodilian

11:51PM | Wed, 16 April 2008

Wow. This is great. I love the consistency of the image with the backstory -- the "remnants of the sulphurized atmosphere lying in the low areas" are plainly visible. This is a commendable commitment to logic and a storyline . . . reminds me of the hard SF writers like Benford. That sulphorous material does seem to change in consistency slightly from the foreground to the background-- looks like a gas further down the canyon, like dried residue in foreground.

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shayhurs

1:07AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Nice work indeed!

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CorporateArts

2:25AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Fantastic atmosphere, looks really realistic!

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carlx

2:40AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Superb sci-fi!!!

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melevos

2:55AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

EXCELLENT!!!!!

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karmadelic

5:17AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

one of my favourite scifi landscapes fav it straight away

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gmvgmvgmv

5:42AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Let's hear it for that latent adolescent imagination. Some of the best work around comes from that source! Including this wonderful offering. Great scene with lots of depth, terrific terrain work in a very compelling setting.

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Krid

6:46AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

great sci-fo scene and composition

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Stardust_Crossing

9:07AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Fantastic sci-fi scene! Stunning job!

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thecytron

9:28AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Awesome Sci-Fi!

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MRX3010

9:48AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Great scene and POV.

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FrenchKiss

9:50AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Very well done scene!

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thefixer

10:00AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Outstanding!!

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Pelican

10:04AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Excellent image and wonderful story !

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Jilly

10:11AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Impressive, both in imagery and imagination. Bravo

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kanzler

11:03AM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Wow!This is really a great scfi-fi composition.Love the terrain and the model with the lighing effects.Very good work Paul!

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theconqueror

2:30PM | Thu, 17 April 2008

Superb image...well done...

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Cosme..D..Churruca

3:50PM | Thu, 17 April 2008

excellent scene!

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ynottry

5:07PM | Fri, 18 April 2008

An epic scene. Well done!

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avalonfaayre

8:02PM | Sat, 19 April 2008

Ooooh! AWESOME Sci Fi render, Paul! I love the atmospheric treatments! I can almost smell the yellow sulpher! Now I want to hear, "...the REST of the story..." lol. Very cool.

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