15 HDRI 8K Red Planet Desert Skyboxes

A rust-orange planet of rocks, mesas and dust. The ground is covered in scattered stones, and the skies swing from hazy glare to towering dust storms, like the one rolling in across file 05.

Some panoramas have a pale planet or thin arc hanging in the air, as in files 04, 09 and 13. File 11 stands out with white clouds and blue sky, so it reads more like Earth's canyon country. If you own my 48 HDRI Mars Landscape pack, these are a smaller separate set in a similar style.

Ideal for:
- Mars colony and space exploration games
- Rover and spacesuit renders
- Sci-fi film backdrops
- VR planet surface scenes

In the zip:
- 15 panoramas in Radiance .HDR format, 8192 x 4096 (2:1 equirectangular)
- Numbered contact sheet
- README with setup notes for Blender, Unreal Engine and Unity

Each HDR image was checked for bad pixels, and the edges were checked at the join. Detail is soft when viewed at 100%, so these suit skies and backdrops better than extreme close-ups. Peak brightness is about 1.0, so they look their best as visible backgrounds. For strong sun shadows, add your own directional light.

Texture formats: HDR; Number of textures: 15; Texture resolutions: 8k (8192 x 4096);