UPP Sizes compared to Sol system objects

[whulorigan]

Ok, I am getting there. First 5 worlds rendered.

Nicely done.

I have a question though. Is it possible to render some worlds with hydorgraphics in which the oceans are NOT blue? Earth's oceans are blue due to the presence of blue-green algae. Apart from aqueous algae (or something similar), ocean hydrographics could simply be a darker shade of the predominant terrain colors (or even a vibrantly different color if it contains some "analog" of algae that use an alternative to chlorophyll).

Just a thought for consideration.

 

[tim_manley]

Ok, I am getting there. First 5 worlds rendered.

Very nice!

 

[MikeinBallard]

Nicely done.

I have a question though. Is it possible to render some worlds with hydorgraphics in which the oceans are NOT blue? Earth's oceans are blue due to the presence of blue-green algae. Apart from aqueous algae (or something similar), ocean hydrographics could simply be a darker shade of the predominant terrain colors (or even a vibrantly different color if it contains some "analog" of algae that use an alternative to chlorophyll).

Just a thought for consideration.

You know, I remember a line from somewhere "wine-dark seas of Mars". Maybe a merlot-colored sea. The idea for *these* worlds was that they would not be too different from Terra. I made Kusyu jungly with slightly darker seas, and a tainted sky. Reference was modeled after Ceres. The Lair map that Planet created had a lot of bays and penninsulas, and I made shallower seas where vargr corsairs could ply and play. Regina was based on what artwork I could find, with cyan-colored seas. Zhdant was more Terran.