"The Ark Remains" by Hugh Fathers

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The Ark Remains

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Artist's Description

ArtMatic Voyager . . .
The first colonists had no idea what they would encounter, so they built their colony ships accordingly.
When a planet was chosen, there would be no going back, there would be no change of mind, it would be all or nothing.
When the landfall option was taken, the colony ship would take it’s last short journey, from orbit to it’s final resting place down below.
Designed so that the greatest proportion of the ship would dig itself deep into the planets crust, a colony ship leaves just a small highly armoured portion visible above the surface.
Here we see the final resting place of the HMAS Bundaberg. Eighty years after landing, the Bundaberg is still the energy supplier and central focus for the city of New Brisbane, a thriving community of some 8,000,000 people.

Artwork Comments

joak almost 12 years ago

MAGIC..WISH I HAD HALF YOUR IMAGINATION!
Hugh Fathers almost 12 years ago

Thank you joak, it comes from 40+ years of reading scifi and fantasy . . . :-D
SpinningAngel almost 12 years ago

Loving what you are doing with AMV – fabulous image and story :D
Hugh Fathers almost 12 years ago

Thank you Angela, this story came so quickly, as soon as I saw the draft image I knew the story . . .
Norma-jean Morrison almost 12 years ago

it looks so real so am I missing something? as this is so good and so splendid my friend with love always Normaje.
Hugh Fathers almost 12 years ago

Thank you Norma-Jean, I’m glad you like my alternate realities . . . :-D
Trudi's Images almost 12 years ago

Glad there will be somewhere to go ….all is not lost ! awesome image and description Hugh
Hugh Fathers almost 12 years ago

Thanks Trudi, I for one see this kind of thing as the future for the human species . . .
shadowlea almost 12 years ago

fabulous work
Hugh Fathers almost 12 years ago

Thank you Irene, I wonder what slightly less advanced intelligent species will make of us when we get around to visiting them on their home worlds . . . :-D
shadowlea almost 12 years ago

interesting …. I think we might scare the hell out of them, and then if they were very less advanced than us….probably worship us as gods
Hugh Fathers almost 12 years ago

Hopefully by then, we will be enlightened enough not to take advantage of them . . .
Antanas almost 12 years ago

very beautiful work
Hugh Fathers almost 12 years ago

Thank you Antanas . . .
greyss1357 almost 12 years ago

Excellent image and story Hugh! Lets hope Man doesn’t go down the same road and contaminate the New World has they did this one. Awesome work Hugh as always:)))))
Hugh Fathers almost 12 years ago

Thanks Graham, I’m not so sure of the contamination of this one. I don’t think the planet is anywhere near as fragile as many might think. If it can shrug off being hit by a giant meteor and loose 90+% of all life, then it can shrug off the effects of mere humans, once it’s got rid of the humans, of course . . . lol
billfox256 almost 12 years ago

An impressive, and terrific, creation!!!!Bill
Hugh Fathers almost 12 years ago

Thank you Bill . . .
alaskaman53 almost 12 years ago

Could be a lot of fun inside there, well done Hugh.
Hugh Fathers almost 12 years ago

Thanks Rich, a whole world inside there. Well, at least it was for the 1,000,000 colonists on their 600 year journey . . .