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Texts & images about the arrival of Humanity to Mars - by Luciano S. Méndez  

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Martian Panoramic views

Acrylic paintings on wood - 26 x 80 cm each- that displays the main environments of the planet. The four joined together conform a 360º panoramic view which is currently proyected in the Planetarium of Rosario City, in Argentina. They are also posted in Red Colony. 

All paintings by Luciano Méndez © www.mendezluciano.8m.com

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One of the gigantic volcanoes -many of them exceeds the Everest´s height- with a volcanic rock plain. 2001

Dune field with a treathening local dust storm in the horizon and a dust devil. 2001

Rocky desert, similar to the ones photographed by the robotic probes that landed on Mars. 2001

Panorama of the so called "caotic terrain" because of its constantly eroding rocky promontories. The river bed of an ancient water course that helped to erode the landscape can be seen on the right, and in the horizon, the stratified deposits near the martian south pole. 2001

Complete 360º panoramic view (click to enlarge)

In this comparison we can see why the space art is a useful tool for showing us those places outside Earth that were not visited yet by automatic probes.

Other Mars Views

The british probe Beagle 2 was equiped for detecting possible microorganismos sheltered underneath small rocks, but unfortunately, the contact with the probe was lost during the landing maneuverings in december 2003.

Acrylic and digital - 50 x 27cm

One of the first  human beings on the Red Planet next to the Mars flag designed by the Mars Society, composed by the three basic colors that makes up the white light, symbolizing the unitiy of mankind building a new world on Mars.

Acrylic 48 x 32 cm

A group of astronauts search clues to understand the geological mars history inside an ancient crater that resembles the "Moon Valley" in the northwest of Argentina. Layers of different periods can be seen in the irregular rocky formations  eroded by the wind and water when the entire planet had conditions similar to the ones on Earth.

Acrylic 50 x 27cm

Sponsoring would be a good source of incomes. (Read "Financing Mars Missions") Here, an astronaut during a 100 meter sprint, with a local dust storm nearby and Phobos shining in the sky, provides an excellent image for an advertisement of a world-known sport brand that also designed part of the equipment used during the test.

Acrylic and Digital (Photopaint)

The Mother Planet

A small asteroid passes dangerously close to Earth at the distance of geostationary orbit, over the pacific ocean. Part of Australia and New Zeland can be seen in the lower left, at the terminator. Acrylic on cardboard 46 x 54 cm

Earth and Moon swinging in the sunlight, as seen from a spacecraft traveling to Mars. In the nightside of the Earth glow the lights of the cities of the american continent. Acrylic on cardboard 21 x 18 cm

Magnificent Solitude. The Earth raises above the horizon as an Apollo spacecraft orbits the Moon, with the sun reflecting on the Eagle Module. Acrylic 40 x 33 cm

Solar Sistem Collection of Samples

 The beautiful uniqueness of Earth at a glance.

Distant Giants

 The eye of Umbriel. This satellite of Uranus have an strange crater named Cheerio that in Voyager's photographs apear to have a bright, white interior. Pencil and ink on cardbord 28 x 18 cm

Neptune as seen from the proximity of Thalassa, partialy eclipsed by the next satelite outward, Despina. The combined shadow of both little moons casts on the big white cloud at Neptune's equator. Acrylic on wood 30 x 50 cm

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