Mar's Journal

Thursday 6th August 2047

Day one on mars, the great red planet. Our journey was from Earth to Mars was probably the most amazing experience of my life to date. There were no hiccups and everything went to plan. Upon arrival, we immediately began the construction of our living quarters. Our team consists of a number of people, each possessing a specific skill. We have an Engineer, a medic, an archaeologist, a communications expert and a camera operator, that's me.

Friday 7th August 2047

This morning I woke up to find our entire site completely covered in a thin layer of dust. I quickly run into my room to adorn my light-weight heated day-trek suit, I grab my camera too. In order to film in space, your camera must have a specially made case. The camera I am using is the newly released Red Cosmos, capable of shooting 12K video at up to 240fps at a bitrate of 500mbps, this thing is an absolute beast!

Sunday 9th August 2047

The footage I am able to get here is stunning, never-ending red landscapes broke only by sheer, jagged mountains and enormous craters, easily large enough to snag planes right out of the air or swallow half of Manhatten. Today we took our Mars rover and drove over to a nearby crater (Hellas Planitia) It feels like being in a desert back home on Earth, if you ignore the complete absence of life that is.

Monday 10th August 2047

Our base is now complete and running efficiently. Over the past few hours, I have been recording a timelapse of the moonrise; Phobos and Deimos (Mar’s two moons) are oddly shaped, warped and uneven as if they have been kicked around like giant soccer balls. The timelapse came out spectacularly, amongst some other footage it is currently being beamed back to earth for the people at home to see.