Behold Tharsis Montes, Three Massive Shield Volcanoes In The Tharsis Region Of Mars. In This Illustration

Picture of the day - December 3, 2018

Large moon with a hazy atmosphere passes between a gas giant and its rings.

Solar disk in H-alpha

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Picture of the day - November 20, 2018

Dark red nebula rises over a dim set of rings orbiting a gas giant.

Staying on Tumblr for now.

I just want to let all my followers know I am staying on Tumblr for now. I appreciate everyone who follows my space engine tumblr and rabbit and shark tumblr.

I am going to however check into pillowfort since i am hearing some good things about it, and might also keep a space engine blog on there as well if I like it.

If the autoflagging gets too bad, however; I might decide to leave tumblr. So that is a wait and see game. But for the foreseeable future I am staying here.

Lunar Silhouettes

Picture of the Day - October 22, 2018

Another gas-giant and its moons. Here the atmosphere of the gas giant and its inner moon glow against the dark background, illuminated by scattered light, viewed from just above the atmosphere of a second satellite.

Saturn, rings and moons

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Kevin M. Gill

Pictures of the day - December 20, 2018

Insight A - Fifth Planet (Insight A-V)

Insight A-V is a hot earth-like planet with oceans. The planet does support marine life, but the surface is far too inhospitable for anything other than Extremophiles. The planet is much smaller and less massive than Earth at 0.14 Earth masses and a diameter roughly half that of Earth. The surface is very active with a hot atmosphere. The surface averages 161 F, with an atmosphere only 54% as thick of Earth’s that is dominated by carbon dioxide. The surface is so hot that there are no ice caps or even snow on mountain-tops.

The planet rotates backwards with an axial tilt of 148 degrees and a rotational rate of 24 hours and 21 minutes. No moons orbit the planet.

High Resolution Pictures

Insight A-V

Earth-Like World

Cyclone

The Surface

Polar orbit

Pictures of the day - December 27, 2018

Parting Shots of the Insight A and Insight B Systems, Alien Skies.

Now that all of the worlds of the Insight A and Insight B systems have been revealed, here are some parting shots before I begin my exploration of new star systems.

Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-42-6-76887-1116

High Resolution Pictures

Insight B-IV-M3 sky

Insight A-VII Sky

Insight A-V Sky

Insight A-IV-M8 Sky

Insight B-V Sky

Insight B-VI-M2 Sky

Insight B-I Sky

Pictures of the day - November 24, 2018

Venus-like world with two moons in orbit. I had to use the editor in Space Engine to get a true Venus-Like appearance for this world.

I am not a fan of how some of the planets appear in the game, luckily an editor is provided in order to make some of these worlds appear more realistic.

Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-42-1-2-487 2

High Resolution Pictures

Venus Analog

Two moons

Stormy planet

Closeup

Picture of the day - January 8, 2019

Earth-Like planet with red-colored vegetation.

Space Engine System ID: 8550-3145-7-381564-296 3 to visit the planet in space engine.