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

Christoph

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