STRATUM 01: OCEANIC SECTOR - 2020

(Altheá Generation Starship)
// Shoreline Habitat 04
Location: 23.26 - 52.76 KM (From Stern)
Vertical Height: 29,500 M

Warm light streams from the artificial sun. Great disks of heat pulse rays of UV down through intermittent clouds and into the cool sea, feeding complex islands of coral and photosensitive fish. Soft aquamarine waves ripple against an impervious shore, delighting children and their empires of sand. Gulls and albatross ride rich briny breezes, gliding alongside windsurfers; no doubt attracted to the velvety shimmer of the silicon sails. From this vantage point I can see the Float with its crystalline coral structures, dwarfing a hypertrain ferrying residents from the titanic elevators tropical base…

This image formed part of my Honours Project for Uni; the depiction of a neo-futuristic civilisation of humans and A.I. living together as equals in harmony. Exploring the depths of deep space aboard a 151 KM long generation starship, they seek to research, learn and evolve together while searching to find wonders that no-one has ever seen. In the thousand years since leaving Earth, the pinnacle of their findings include the successful identification of 8 alien organisms, forming an ecosystem that reaches far beyond the stars…