The photographs taken by the mars rover has always amazed me, that’s why I decided to create this image which represents some distant world explored by this hi-tech vehicle sent far away to explore the unknown. 3DS Max and Mental Ray were used for the rendering, Painter for the clouds and Photoshop for postproduction. The image is composed of several layers: the terrain, the mountains, the snow storm and the sky, which are all rendered separately and afterwards composed in Photoshop. The terrain is a displaced geometry with scattered rocks. The vehicle is completely fictional. Comments are most welcome. Thanks.