Imagine... by nethskie

Imagine a colony in a Moon of a Gas Giant with rings and visible stars!

Stock Images used:

Neon Twilight (created by me) [link]

Just Another city [link] by

[link] (Used with author's written permission. Thank you peehs!)

The Grudge [link] by

[link] (author uploaded the TGD file to share to all and i sent him a courtesy message. Thank you dandelO!)

Star Streams and the Sunflower Galaxy by NASA [link] (the one on the original image inside the zip file)

new stars based from Starfield stock by freelancah (the one on the preview) [link]

Resolution: 1280x720(HD 720p 16:9 desktop wallpaper)

Hope you'll like this

Thanks for viewing!

If you want more check my home page and browse my gallery: [link]

(Update 10/25/2010)

1. Lowered the foreground rings opacity as suggested by phoenixleo
2. Changed background stars for more space-like look
3. Lens flare on the ringed planet was removed as suggested by phoenixleo

(updated 10/21/2012)

-adjusted image sharpness
-sun enhanced
-included 2 new versions and the original modified image on a zip file for download (if you want the original image with galaxy please download the zip file)

Scifimaster92 Featured By Owner Apr 27, 2018

This image reminds me of the final scene in the 1985 New Zealand film The Quiet Earth, where the protagonist starts hallucinating Saturn rising in the sky in place of the sun.

rattus-bavariae Featured By Owner Apr 14, 2018 Hobbyist General Artist

This monster in the sky will be the end.

KawaiiAF101 Featured By Owner Nov 13, 2015

This is a future I wish to see.

ruSnejk Featured By Owner Nov 15, 2011

Galaxy, space, perfect. I see Major Tom, Junkey

Yaiden Featured By Owner Jan 20, 2011 Digital Artist

the sky living on Titan! *-*
awesome pic!

nethskie Featured By Owner Jan 20, 2011

thanks!

Solid-Joe Featured By Owner Dec 4, 2010

That is one incredible view!

nethskie Featured By Owner Dec 4, 2010

thank you!

bonifacio91 Featured By Owner Oct 23, 2010

OMG this is so imaginative and futuristic!! Would be nice if there existed another place of residence in the depths of space... d(>w<)b

nethskie Featured By Owner Oct 23, 2010

thanks! yes it would be nice

phoenixleo Featured By Owner Oct 20, 2010

the dark part of the planet shouldn't be transparent as to allow another planet and the sky to be seen o_O

nethskie Featured By Owner Oct 20, 2010

what do you mean transparent? the Planet is not transparent also those clouds are not Nebula they are Noctilucent Clouds and they are blocking the view of the Planet just like how the Moon is being blocked by clouds here on Earth. take a look at this pic [link] this is the closest real life illustration i can set as an example. imagine those clouds covering the moon. i hope this solves the confusion

phoenixleo Featured By Owner Oct 20, 2010

hmm, if the clouds are blocking the planet, then wouldn't the rings be blocked by the clouds too?

Then according to you, the planet would be at the back, the clouds at the front of it (blocking the left part of the planets as seen) and the rings in front of the clouds!

Also, what is that small circular/semi circular thing on the dark side of the large planet?

nethskie Featured By Owner Oct 20, 2010

when you check carefully the clouds are blocking the rings too it's just that the red clouds and some blue clouds are faint and the ring is brighter so it creates an illusion because the far object is brighter than the near object. for example a bright star is 1000 light years away while a dim star is only a 100 light years away the bright star will look nearer because it is brighter it creates an illusion.

The circular thing on the dark side of the planet is a lens flare effect

thanks for pointing those out i appreciate that i can explain some things about the image

phoenixleo Featured By Owner Oct 21, 2010

lens flare. oooh

I totally forgot that photoshop has that xD i guess you could mask that part to make it more presentable

and the rings in the foreground in low opacity

Also, the cityscape looks in a very high contrast

overall i like the blue hues in it *says a blue addict*

My pleasure. Sometimes I like to get to have this type conversations

nethskie Featured By Owner Oct 21, 2010

comments appreciated i'll edit it shortly

phoenixleo Featured By Owner Oct 21, 2010

nethskie Featured By Owner Oct 24, 2010

sorry for the delay edited as suggested

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VisionDream Featured By Owner Oct 17, 2010

Wow! Excellent

nethskie Featured By Owner Oct 17, 2010

thanks!

CzeladniK09 Featured By Owner Oct 11, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

i wish i could see Saturn from one of its moons

nethskie Featured By Owner Oct 11, 2010

peehs Featured By Owner Oct 11, 2010

cool stuff!

nethskie Featured By Owner Oct 11, 2010

thank you! you made this possible

xBxAxMxBxIx Featured By Owner Oct 11, 2010

Wow! Beautiful!

nethskie Featured By Owner Oct 11, 2010

thank you

xBxAxMxBxIx Featured By Owner Oct 11, 2010

No problem.

Radvvdr Featured By Owner Oct 10, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

I look to a bright future of colonies everywhere we can dream and some places we haven't found yet.

texler Featured By Owner Oct 10, 2010 Professional Filmographer

beautiful!

nethskie Featured By Owner Oct 10, 2010

thanks

texler Featured By Owner Oct 11, 2010 Professional Filmographer

my pleasure!

jeturcotte Featured By Owner Oct 10, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

No reason why not! While a sun's energy is a large part of what makes a planet/moon habitable, the tectonic stress caused on moons by their 'maternal' planets also heats them up from the inside out, and for quite a long time... so they are also good candidates for habitation. Notable issues, however, are moons' propensity for straying too close to their parental planet and breaking up into rings... and gas giants' inherent radiation to contend with. As long as the moon, however, has a dynamic metallic core, it should have enough of its own magnetic field to fend off most of the radiation.