Not long ago, the idea of a moon as a habitable place for life was not very popular. Nowadays, the possibility of life in exomoons are now more accepted. In fact, in our own solar system, it is now thought that life is more possible to exist in moons of gas giant planets like Saturn and Jupiter rather than in Mar,Venus, or elsewhere.
Imagine if we find a real exomoon like Pandora int the movie Avatar. What would it look like? Would it be really earth-like? Maybe it would just be like in the movie. I can imagine the sky would be quite a site. A big planet perhaps instead of a small moon. There are already pictures out there depicting what the scene might look like. But you might be surprise how anyone can create own photos like those.
Apart from desktop astronomy, I also enjoy a bit of desktop photo manipulation.
And I already tried to create my own with a scene of a surreal sky viewed from exomoon orbiting a ringed exoplanet.
So, I like to share how to DIY.
1. Find a postcard picture of a landscape of your choice. Mine is a landscape photo of the crater of Mt. Pinatubo after the eruption of '91.
Imagine if we find a real exomoon like Pandora int the movie Avatar. What would it look like? Would it be really earth-like? Maybe it would just be like in the movie. I can imagine the sky would be quite a site. A big planet perhaps instead of a small moon. There are already pictures out there depicting what the scene might look like. But you might be surprise how anyone can create own photos like those.
Apart from desktop astronomy, I also enjoy a bit of desktop photo manipulation.
And I already tried to create my own with a scene of a surreal sky viewed from exomoon orbiting a ringed exoplanet.
So, I like to share how to DIY.
1. Find a postcard picture of a landscape of your choice. Mine is a landscape photo of the crater of Mt. Pinatubo after the eruption of '91.
2. Find a picture of a planet of your choice. Mine is a fictional planet with rings similar to our Saturn.
3. Use Photoshop to crop the planet and combine it with your landscape. Position it in a way that it would conform to the landscape's direction of light. I put mine in the horizon. Then, de-saturate the color and tint it according to the color of the sky. Blend the two photos by reducing the opacity of the planet to about 50%.
Like so, you now have your own surreal sky exomoon-exoplanet photo.
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Hello my name is Scott Ashcraft. I am a game designer. I came across you picture and I think that it would be perfect for the cover of my new book. I'd like to discuss with you the arrangement of acquiring the rights to use it.
I can be contacted at malatine@comcast.net
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