Hi Mike,

it looks like some bracklets are missing. I try to restore. But in any case, 
could you send/post a corrected version?

Lots of thanks,

Sven



> #declare earth_tex = texture {
> pigment {
> image_map {
>  jpeg "nasa_blue_marble.jpg"
>  map_type 1        // 0=planar, 1=spherical, 2=cylindrical, 5=torus
>  interpolate 2     // 0=none, 1=linear, 2=bilinear, 4=normalized distance
>  once           // for no repetitive tiling
> }
> }
>  normal {
>    bump_map {
>      jpeg "earthbump_usgs.jpg"
>      map_type 1        // 0=planar, 1=spherical, 2=cylindrical, 5=torus
>      interpolate 2     // 0=none, 1=linear, 2=bilinear, 4=normalized
> distance
>      once           // for no repetitive tiling
>      bump_size 2.5     // 0...3
>    }
>  }
>
> NASA has some really high resolution ones, but none that I found had 
> clouds.
> I used procedural clouds on mine.  You will have to play with the scaling
> to get it to look natural.
>
> #declare earthclouds_tex = texture {
> pigment {
>      bozo
>      turbulence 0.65
>      octaves 6
>      omega 0.7
>      lambda 2
>      color_map {
>          [0.0 0.1 color rgb <0.85, 0.85, 0.85>
>                   color rgb <0.75, 0.75, 0.75>]
>          [0.1 0.5 color rgb <0.75, 0.75, 0.75>
>                   color rgbt <1, 1, 1, 1>]
>          [0.5 1.0 color rgbt <1, 1, 1, 1>
>                   color rgbt <1, 1, 1, 1>]
>      }
>      scale <2, 0.5,2>
> }
>
> I've also attached the bump map from US Geological Survey.
>
>
> Mike
>

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