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!!!!!PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE COMMENT AND GIVE YOUR OPPINIONS!!!!!hello again fellow viewers! here i have recreated the saturnian system as viewed from Rhea(saturn's second largest moon).
from left to right:
-Iapetus(very dark moon to the far left of the image. i blew it up by about a factor of 2 to make it visible.)
-Dione(largest moon in the image to the left of saturn.)
-Enceladus(moon in front of saturn.)
-Tethys(moon to the right of saturn.)
-Titan(red moon to the far right of the image.)
-all distances are roughly scientifically accurate except for iapetus.
-iapetus and titan are behind saturn.
-saturn's axial tilt is also farely accurate.
-saturn's rings are supposed to be slightly thinner.
-the moons orbital planes are also farely accurate.
-saturn's rings are also farely accurate.
Oh! and for the first time ever, i added ring shadow to the planet!
so comment and tell me how i did on them! i'll see if i can make a tutorial on how to do it, its pretty easy!so comment and tell me how i did on the image! enjoy!
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Sweet baby rays I wish this was our night sky!!! Tidal waves would probably be the norm on our planet though.
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it would be amazing.
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o norte tem de refletir a luz dos anΓ©is, o sul Γ© escuro.
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I found it here : www.taringa.net/posts/ciencia-β¦
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Saturn itself is pretty , but its noise is scary.
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Is this available for purchase on canvas? Β Absolutely breathtaking...
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Very nice composition and very realistic. Is that crater the one in Arizona?
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thank you, and yes it is the one from arizona.
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Dear Alfa-Element,
You are oficially my idole!!!
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You are looking at the pale giant. next to the protector of earth.
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"Realistic, Elaberate, Beautiful. This is what I call a true work of ART; Amazing"
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But please how do you make this pictures?? They look so realistic! I'm loving them
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i use photoshop cs5 and celestia(just to get the distances of the objects and their sizes).
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Wow, I've got to try that... Right know I'm playing around with Space Engine (if you haven't you should try it 
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i recommend staying on space engine. celestia is an okay space simulator, but you really can't do much with it and it only shows you what we've currently discovered. it also hasn't had an update in a while, so its kinda outdated right now.
your so lucky you can get space engine to run on your system. i downloaded it, but i can't run it because my graphic card is not supported, its really not fair. so i'm stuck with celestia for a while i guess.
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Aw, that's no good... 
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yeah, its kinda unfair.
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Good luck! I'd suggest you to try to give the process top priority, so your computer destinates more RAM to it when it's running (Ctrl+Alt+Supr, Task Admin, Processes tab, search for the process, right click on it and there should be an option about priority). That should allow it to run better. Remember to close as many programs as possible when using it
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i'll try that, thanks!
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cool image, I even like the Barringer Crater - good choice ^^
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thanks, glad you like it!
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Nice!
I like the idea
Where does the crater picture come from? Looks like an impact crater on Earth. Is that the one from Arizona?
The rings look very good that's cool
Nice work, thanks
Antoine
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the landscape is an image of meteor crater in arizona.
as for the back of saturn, i think i made it too bright.
but i do plan on redoing this image at a later date.
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Yeah I thought it could be this one. It's a pity I missed it last year, I visited the region... We made it to Wupatki national park instead, and it was great!!
Yes I noticed that the back was a bit too bright but didn't wanted to annoy you with details.
Good work!
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Oh, my God, this is just too good!!! You really need to market this!!! Please, you HAVE to!!!
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ok, thanks! i'll see if i can fix it up so that it would be print worthy!
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I recognized Meteor Crater instantly!
I think the lighting is a tiny bit off, if you look at the crater photo, it's lit from about 10 o clock or 10:30 (assuming 12:00 is straight ahead) and Saturn and the moons are lit from somewhere around 7 or 8 o clock (9 o clock would be directly to the left and you'd get a half lit Saturn) That's just a nitpick though, overall I like it a lot
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thanks! glad you're liking it!
and your probably right about the shadows, maybe thats why the scene looks a bit off. so thanks about the constructive feedback, much appreciated!
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that's very nice, and I kinda like how much attention you paid to the scientific facts and still managed to get a beautiful result.
Good job!
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