No one would have believed
by Steve Taylor
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No one would have believed
Artist
Steve Taylor
Medium
Digital Art
Description
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.
The opening chapter of The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
Red weed is a plant-like organism from Mars.It is uncertain whether it was introduced intentionally, or by accident.
The plant, brought by the aliens, rapidly spread across the countryside, colouring the affected areas with a red tint. This was thought to give Mars it's red colour.
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Rand Burns 29 Days Ago
It only beautiful, but mysterious and captivating with both image and your description Steve. F/L.
Louis Dallara
Red Marijuana is a genetically selected plant, it means that it is created by combining three kinds of cannabis:
Vera Deans
I must read the Book!! I love Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds and my 2 sons as well, as they grew up listening to their parent's music lol!! Excellent artwork Steve, captures the essence of the red weed!!
VIVA Anderson
Spectacular ART, stunning 'premise'/info and description!! Thought provoking !!, FAV..............VIVA
Linda Carruth
Fascinating artwork! And even more so after learning of its inspiration. I am transfixed.