I really like it so I'll take the trouble to tell you what improvements I'd
like to see:

 - I could be wrong, but it looks like the continents are too big on that
Earth, as if the mapping of the data to the sphere is at the wrong scale.
It looks from the picture that Siberia must extend all the way around the
globe through where the Americas should be.

 - Tighten that atmospheric shell.  At this scale the height of the cloud
cover would be microscopic, but it's not a bad idea to make it just
noticeable in order to keep that sense of depth.

I like the style of it and I think you have a really good start.  I'm no
expert so feel free to ignore everything I've said.

Jellby wrote:
>Things like this have probably been done a thousand times... here's another
>one.
>
>The "ball" is an isosurface, using data from terrainbase
>(<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/seltopo.html>) and an image map (and
>clouds) from Blue Marble
>(<http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/>).
>
>I'd still like to improve the lighting (with radiosity), the toothbrush's
>"hairs" and some textures, and maybe add a glass or something to be seen in
>the mirror.
>
>--
>light_source{9+9*x,1}camera{orthographic look_at(1-y)/4angle 30location
>9/4-z*4}light_source{-9*z,1}union{box{.9-z.1+x clipped_by{plane{2+y-4*x
>0}}}box{z-y-.1.1+z}box{-.1.1+x}box{.1z-.1}pigment{rgb<.8.2,1>}}//Jellby
>

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