Yep, good eye. But also, now that we’ve seen Titan up close we know we wouldn’t be able to see any celestial bodies from the ground.
One thing that I can’t help but notice with all space art is that the parent planet is always in this horizontal orientation, which would imply that the viewer is standing on or near one of the poles (assuming the moon has a normal tilt). I can’t recall seeing a single piece with rings/gas bands vertically oriented, or even close to it. It’s always this way. Not that it looks bad, but I would love for some artist(s) to really lean into realism for their work.
Another thing to quickly mention is that some artists completely ignore the Roche limit and just throw several moons right in there, which is just silly.
Anyway I love this piece. It’s one of countless many that really captured my imagination and fostered my love for space as a child.
Yep, good eye. But also, now that we’ve seen Titan up close we know we wouldn’t be able to see any celestial bodies from the ground.
One thing that I can’t help but notice with all space art is that the parent planet is always in this horizontal orientation, which would imply that the viewer is standing on or near one of the poles (assuming the moon has a normal tilt). I can’t recall seeing a single piece with rings/gas bands vertically oriented, or even close to it. It’s always this way. Not that it looks bad, but I would love for some artist(s) to really lean into realism for their work.
Another thing to quickly mention is that some artists completely ignore the Roche limit and just throw several moons right in there, which is just silly.
Anyway I love this piece. It’s one of countless many that really captured my imagination and fostered my love for space as a child.