Life on Tharsis
A warm as toast abstract this time. What is it? Answers on a postcard please....
Approaching from the southern plains, I could see a series of plateaus extending as far as the eye could see. And I could see they were dotted by strange patches of light. My curiosity at such a sight pulled me on faster and, as I got closer, just in the lee of the first, the soft glow resolved itself into this strange vista.
At first I couldn't believe my eyes. I'd found a strange form of brachoid life growing within small islets of light. By some freakish effect unique to this area, the very slow lava flows become capped by a semi-transparent glassy mineral and are veined through by a latticework of dark bands.
The brachoids only seemed to be growing where the illumination from the hot bubbling lava below was brightest, and even then, only in well-defined small areas such as this one.
Where did you go in your inner vision today?
comments / critique / feedback always welcome :)
Stumble It!
Life on Tharsis
I had a fanciful exploration in my inner vision today. In it I ventured onto Mars and followed the landscape to a mountainous region called Tharsis.Approaching from the southern plains, I could see a series of plateaus extending as far as the eye could see. And I could see they were dotted by strange patches of light. My curiosity at such a sight pulled me on faster and, as I got closer, just in the lee of the first, the soft glow resolved itself into this strange vista.
Life on Tharsis
At first I couldn't believe my eyes. I'd found a strange form of brachoid life growing within small islets of light. By some freakish effect unique to this area, the very slow lava flows become capped by a semi-transparent glassy mineral and are veined through by a latticework of dark bands.
The brachoids only seemed to be growing where the illumination from the hot bubbling lava below was brightest, and even then, only in well-defined small areas such as this one.
Where did you go in your inner vision today?
comments / critique / feedback always welcome :)
Labels: abstract, creativity, digital-darkroom, landscape, snow, surreal
Stumble It!
posted by Highton-Ridley at
22:07
7 Comments:
Where did I go today in my vision? - ah now that would be telling.lol
Mars maybe, same colour but plant life -dunno Mark.
I like the photo tho, its got its own attraction.
Great photo.
The only place I went is to get cool with 43 deg C
Your photos is how we all felt downunder yesterday with the scorching heat.
THAT IS SOOOOOOOOO COOL (I had to yell).
A very nice effect. It also looks very mysterious: another planet? A spaceship above the crater of a vulcano? Or the upside down photo of the effect of a heated grill above bubbling cheese of a pizza in the oven...?
Enjoy your sunday!
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Amazing photo! It really looks like a surealistic planet painting!
Loved the story and name Tharsis.
Brillant!
( sorry it was me deleting my previous comments as my signature didn't appear).
He everyone, solution coming up... first, though, thanks for your comments.
@imac - lol!
@Flora: yelling's good! - first time I've had someone yelling in joy at my work!!
@Diederick: You have great imagination... I so wish it was a pizza, hehe!
@Betty: Tharsis really is a place on Mars, covered in plateaus. I couldn't call it Life On Mars - because of the clash with David Bowie's seminal piece. But I still wanted the Mars association, hence Tharsis :)
Solution: It's basically a colour negative of a monochrome conversion of a... picture of a snow covered field, close to the lee of a wall.
The snow is starting to retreat around the bases of the dead grasses there.
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