Florian Brucker wrote:
>> Point 2) Place a large sphere with an image_map of the earth where you 
> 
>> want the earth to be and use radiosity. The default settings could be
>> OK with a recursion_limit set to 1.
> 
> Make sure you use a positive ambient value in the earth's finish for
> this to work ;)
> 
> 
> HTH,
> Florian

Thanks all, I'll try those suggestions.

If I place the earth outside of the camera's view, I guess I can just
use a solid color sphere (white or maybe blue) with an ambient value
based on the earth's albedo.

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