Mars base by Walter Myers

Picture of the Day 9/3/15 - Mars outpost habitat near Martian mesa by sci-fi artist Walter Myers. Watch more of his art here.

My LEGO Mars colony #2

When I finished my 1st LEGO Mars base back in April, 2014 (inspired from GRusso's idea for a LEGO Mars base) my boys were telling it's too small :) So now I pulled oneself together to build a bigger one - one which you could call even a small "colony" not only a "base". Part of the colony (the living quarters and some of the maintenance facilities) is hidden underground a mountain for better protection from radioactivity. Click to view in full resolution:

Mars base by Bryan Versteeg

Picture of the Day 28/2/15 - Dust storm approaching a Mars base by Bryan Versteeg. More of his space concept art here.

(Open link in new tab to view ⇩ in full resolution)

Mars colony by Caroline Gasnier

Picture of the Day 19/2/15 - "Station Mars" by French digital artist Caroline Gasnier.

Mars base by Alfie Rodriguez

Picture of the Day 8/1/15 - "Space Comand Base Station" on Mars by Mexican 3D artist Alfie Rodriguez.

(Open link in new tab to view ⇩ in HD wallpaper resolution)

Martian base concept by Janek Kozicki & Joanna Kozicka

Polish engineers/architects Janek Kozicki & Joanna Kozicka has long been working for an architectural design proposal for a Martian base after NASA (or SpaceX) will land humans on Mars for the 1st time. They call it a stage 2 and stage 3 Martian bases (stage 1 - 1st landing base; stage 2 - a small permanent Martian base; stage 3 - small Martian settlement; stage 4 - Martian cities).

Stage 2 Martian base by Janek Kozicki [PDF of the concept here]

Mars base - Acheron labs - concept by William Bennett

The Acheron labs (a reference to one of the bases from Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy) concept by William Bennett. More of his concept art here. Click to view in full resolution:

Mars base by Douglas Shrock

Picture of the Day 26/7/14 - Mars base by American sci-fi artist Douglas Shrock (Shrox). More of his Mars art here.

(Open link in new tab to view ⇩ in HD wallpaper resolution)

Mars colony by Cody Rapley

Picture of the Day 10/5/14 - Mars colony by photographer and designer Cody Rapley from New Zealand.

Setting up a Mars base by Pat Rawlings

Picture of the Day 8/5/14 - Setting up a Mars base (1998) by space illustrator Pat Rawlings.

(Open link in new tab to view ⇩ in full resolution)

Mars base by John J. Olson

Picture of the Day 6/5/14 - Mars base (1992) by NASA's artist John J. Olson.

Marker sketches of Mars by Phil Smith

Mars related marker sketches (2005-2006) by American artist Phil Smith. More of his art here.

Most of these sketches was made for Mars Foundation - an organisation whose mission is to inspire the next generation of Mars explorers. They run several research projects (as 3D printing on Mars) to design, fund, build and operate the first permanent settlement on Mars (Mars Homestead Project). Click to view in full resolution:

My LEGO Mars base

Inspired from GRusso's idea for a LEGO Mars base, I built one by myself from my old LEGO bricks.

Note that I don't have any pack of space themed LEGO's so I had to improvise a lot. Most pressing was the absence of big windows for the greenhouse and appropriate hermetic-looking doors. Click to view in full resolution:

Mars base by Manchu

Picture of the Day 24/4/14 - A Mars base in Tartarus Colles by French sci-fi artist Manchu (Philippe Bouchet).

Support for an idea of a LEGO Mars base

Please press here SUPPORT if you want LEGO to make a Mars base to inspire our children about Mars exploration.
10'000 votes needed! There is only 970 now.

More pictures of the concept here. Click to view in full resolution:

Mars greenhouse by Bryan Versteeg

Picture of the Day 11/4/14 - Greenhouse in a Mars base by Bryan Versteeg. More of his concept art about agriculture on Mars here.

Mars base by Georgi Petrov

Picture of the Day 8/4/14 - A Mars base by architect Georgi Petrov.

Mars colony by Manchu

Picture of the Day 3/4/14 - A Mars colony by French sci-fi artist Manchu (Philippe Bouchet).

Mars base by Bryan Versteeg

Bryan Versteeg is one of the best conceptual design artists for space exploration nowadays. Today I have picked one of his concept art pictures for Mars habitat as my "Picture of the Day" for Mars colonization.