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7 Aug 2024 05:22:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Planets on my patio  
From: Mike Sobers
Date: 25 May 2006 23:40:00
Message: <web.447677ccbb7e2184613e60490@news.povray.org>
"Sven Littkowski" <sve### [at] jamaica-focuscom> wrote:
> Hello Mike,
>
> I followed up your NASA JPL hint, and searched there (with their search
> engine) for "earth planetary maps" but the result contains many links. And
> no earth images.
>
> I want to ask you if you could give me a more exact link, let's say, a web
> address. It would help me a lot. I am on a difficult, maybe as it seems even
> impossible quest for image maps of our earth with clouds and in high
> resolution, which I can use for a spherical texture.
>
> Besides that, your planets look very good!
>
> Greetings,
>
> Sven
>

Thanks!

Try here:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/Images/BlueMarble_2005_SAm_09_4096.jpg

or http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/Images/

to choose from different resolutions.  You can even get a different image
for every month.

Mike


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