Photo-Realistic Earth

For this model, I used the "replace color" tool in Photoshop to produce custom color schemes for the two ground maps.

See a 24.4 MB 640x480 animation of this model here. Example render of Earth Example render of Earth Example render of Earth Example render of Earth Example render of Earth Example render of Earth Example render of Earth Example render of Earth Example render of Earth Example render of Earth Example render of Earth Example render of Earth

Credits:

Maps owned by NASA, and obtained from visibleearth.nasa.gov. One map obtained from mirrors.arsc.edu/nasa/landmask/. Land maps modified by William Chamberlin.

This model uses six maps:

Day Ground Map: Direct Link. The map is an edited version of a map found at this page.

Topo Map: Download Page (I used the "5400 x 2700 JPEG (645KB)" map).

Mask Map: Direct Link. The map is a scaled-down version of a map found in this directory.

Cloud Map: Download Page (I used the "8192 x 4096 TIFF (34.2MB)" map).

Night Ground Map: Direct Link. The map is an edited version of a map found at this page.

City Lights Map: Direct Link. The map is a scaled-down version of a map found at this page (under "Details and More Imagery").

Download the Blender File Here