Mars colony on the edge of a canyon by Tomas Honz

Picture of the Day 16/8/2018 - Mars colony built on the edge of a canyon by Czech digital artist Tomas Honz. More of his art here.

Mars colony style resort at Wadi Rum by Chad Oppenheim

Design of a desert resort at Wadi Rum, Jordan by American architect Chad Oppenheim looks a lot like possible human colony on Mars carved into a cliff :)

Mars colony by Peter Silva

Picture of the Day 10/8/2018 - Mars colony during a sandstorm by concept artist Peter Silva. More of his art here.

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Mars colony city by Mariano Ruiz Manzano

Picture of the Day 8/8/2018 - Mars colony city by Mexican computer graphics artist Mariano Ruiz Manzano.
More of his concept art here.

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HD images from the season 2 trailer of NatGeo's "Mars" TV series

National Geographic has released a season 2 trailer for its "Mars" TV series. The fictional documentary series depicted first human mission to Mars and hardships of building a base on Mars in a lava tube in season 1. The six-episode season 2 promises to dig deeper into the challenges of life on Mars, covering everything from the first Martian-born babies to surviving the common cold to the first commercial efforts to exploit the planet's resources. Season 2 will be broadcasted worldwide starting on November 12th.

Here are some HD images from the trailer. Open link in new tab to view images in full resolution.

Capital city of Mars by Nick Hvostik

Picture of the Day 15/7/2018 - "Opportunity: The Capital of the Corporate Republic of Mars" - cover art for Half Life 2 unfinished game mod "Badge of Blood" by concept artist Nick Hvostik from "Massive Black".

City on Mars in a far future by Richard Bizley

Picture of the Day 5/7/2018 - Space art exhibition at a city on partly terraformed Mars in a far future by British painter Richard Bizley. More of his art here.

Elon future on Mars by Victor Hegger

Possible future on Mars inspired by Elon Musk - a drawing by Dutch comic artist Victor Hegger. More of his art here.

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Terraforming Mars by Stefan Morrell, National Geographic

Gradual terraformation of Mars by concept artist Stefan Morrell from New Zealand. His picture was used to illustrate Robert Kunzig's article about terraforming Mars in National Geographic Magazine, February 2010 issue, and many more articles about colonization and terraformation of Mars since then.

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Close-up of the central section:

"Making Mars the new Earth" by Robert Kunzig, National Geographic Magazine, February 2010:

Domed city at night by Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe

Picture of the Day 28/5/2018 - Domed city at night by German digital artist Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe; part of cover image for Joseph Vasicek's eBook "Desert Stars".

Conference hall at Mars colony by Tarik Keskin

Picture of the Day 23/5/2018 - conference hall at Mars colony by Turkish digital artist Tarik Keskin. More of his art here.

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Mars - adventure awaits

Poster depicting adventurous life at human colony on Mars by digital artist Sam Taylor.

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Domed human colony on Mars from Surviving Mars game

Picture of the Day 20/3/2018 - human colony on Mars at night with several transparent domes from Mars city building game "Surviving Mars" by Paradox Interactive. The game was released on March 15 and this screenshot was made by gamer Ezilii.

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Human colony in a Martian canyon from Surviving Mars game

Picture of the Day 10/2/2018 - human colony in a Martian canyon from upcoming Mars city building game "Surviving Mars" by Paradox Interactive, which will be released on March 15.

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Images from Martian Land (2015) film

"Martian Land" (2015) is a low-budget feature film with amateurish acting and a senseless story of Martian colonies being overrun by a deadly sandstorm. Here are some CGI images from the film:

Martian cities by Jon Hrubesch

Picture of the Day 1/11/2017 - Martian cities by digital painter Jon Hrubesch. More of his sci-fi art here.

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New Shanghai 2117 vertical forest skyscraper eco-city on Mars by Stefano Boeri

Italian architect Stefano Boeri has created an interesting vision for a colony of Shanghai on the Red Planet in 2117 - a vertical forest skyscraper eco-city called "New Shanghai". The vision is exhibited at Shanghai Urban Space and Art Season 2017, opened on October 15th in Minsheng Port in Shanghai.

Concept art of Mars for "Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare" game

Militaristic Martian settlers and their Settlement Defense Front are the villains in the latest Call of Duty game Infinite Warfare (2016) - a first-person shooter (FPS) set in an undefined future where Earth nations are competing for power in the Solar system with ruthless and technologically more advanced but outnumbered space settlers.

Here are a collection of concept art images for the Martian part of the game (open link in new tab to view in full resolution).

Mars rock quarry by Activision's concept artist Mike Garn:

Industrial Mars by Lucasfilm's concept designer Benjamin Last:

Olympus Town Mars colony by Pixoloid Studios

Picture of the Day 7/10/2017 - "Olympus Town" (a human colony in a Martian lava tube) concept art by Pixoloid Studios for National Geographic's 'Mars' TV series.

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Mars base by Nick Kaloterakis & Jacek Irzykowski

Picture of the Day 30/8/2017 - Astronauts looking at Mars base in an impact crater by Australian digital artists Nick Kaloterakis & Jacek Irzykowski for Wired magazine.

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