A revised version of my Early Earth from January. As then, isosurface 
code from Ricky Douglas; stars from Cousin Ricky; textured fog from Sam 
Benge.

A view of the early Earth in a young solar system during the early 
Hadean, about 4.5 to 4.1 billion years ago, shortly after the accretion
of the planet (see e.g. http://palaeos.com/hadean/hadean.htm).

Also visible are a few of the ca 1000 sister stars, born in the same
cradle as our Sun. Over time, these stars have been smeared out over
the local arm of the Milky Way, but in the early days they were very
prominently visible in the sky. Studies have shown that the night sky
was probably brighter than during today's full moon.

Thomas

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