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Moonships Touchdown
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Title:
Moonships Touchdown

Keywords:
Moonships

Catalog Number:
SF-087

Original:
Digital

Print:
8.5 x 11 & 13 x 19 Limited Edition Prints Available

Print w/Frame:
Custom Order

Created:
1999

Updated:
2006

Caption:
The broad round shoe of the telescopic landing leg digs into the soft volcanic ground. If it strikes too hard, an electronic mechanism inside it immediately calls on the rocket motors for more power to cushion the blow. For a few seconds, we balance on the single leg. Then the four outrigger legs slide out to help support the weight of the ship, and are locked into position. The whirring of machinery dies away. There is absolute silence. We have reached the moon.

The original art is computer generated in 1999. The moonship is created and rendered with Ray Dream Studio, the moon surface is created with Bryce 3D, and the background stars and the moon shader map are made with Photoshop 5.0.
 

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