Christoph Hormann wrote:
> 
> I tried using some of the more exotic camera types for earth surface
> renders and came up with this.  It is a view from above onto the surface
> using a fisheye camera (viewing angle just above 180 deg. so the sky is
> well visible.
> 
> Location is 36.5 deg. north, 111.8 deg. west - you can see the Grand
> Canyon on the lower left and Lake Powell on the upper right.  The image
> looks probably better when rotated 90 deg. to the right but i wanted to
> keep the north=up orientation.
> 
> See also: http://maps.google.com/?ll=36.5,-111.8&spn=1.5,2&t=k

Fantastic work. Is it just me or does the landscape look inverted? Or s 
this an effect created by the camera? For example the river in the lower 
right looks to be raised up and casts long shadows on the landscape.

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