So I'm on a small desolate moon. The only types of planets/moons we can land on as far as I know.
Nevertheless it looks really awesome. The large sun has just risen above the horizon (well I drove toward it to help), and the play of light and shadow among the rolling hills and crevasses is so cool looking.
And yet... I can't help but think.... The ground ought to be MUCH brighter given the giant orb of burning gas in front of me. It being a good 5x larger in the sky here than the sun is on Earth. The sky is of course black, and I don't know how an atmosphere might change the look/brightness of the land, but as I recall from images from the moon, the ground seemed to be brighter in those images than I'm seeing here. Maybe with scattering of light from the atmosphere the shadows wouldn't be as deep as they are here, but the ground should be brighter than I'm seeing regardless.
Actually I recall being on a similar moon here in game and the local star was high in the sky burning brightly, and YET in the buildings the lights were all clearly on. I guess they are in office buildings in the real world as well, but it isn't obvious from the outside. The building looked like a building lit up at night despite the fact that it should be in full sun.
Nevertheless it looks really awesome. The large sun has just risen above the horizon (well I drove toward it to help), and the play of light and shadow among the rolling hills and crevasses is so cool looking.
And yet... I can't help but think.... The ground ought to be MUCH brighter given the giant orb of burning gas in front of me. It being a good 5x larger in the sky here than the sun is on Earth. The sky is of course black, and I don't know how an atmosphere might change the look/brightness of the land, but as I recall from images from the moon, the ground seemed to be brighter in those images than I'm seeing here. Maybe with scattering of light from the atmosphere the shadows wouldn't be as deep as they are here, but the ground should be brighter than I'm seeing regardless.
Actually I recall being on a similar moon here in game and the local star was high in the sky burning brightly, and YET in the buildings the lights were all clearly on. I guess they are in office buildings in the real world as well, but it isn't obvious from the outside. The building looked like a building lit up at night despite the fact that it should be in full sun.
