Hi CobraEye,

I composed a texture containing all the information from the blue marble.

You might have a look for inspiration:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1172571

(The atmosphere and scaling of bumpmaps was timeconsuming. Now I have to figure out

a way to make the Lights of the cities tranparent as they are exposed to daylight...)

cheers, bounzer.

PS: here is the same picture after I used photoshop...   ;-)

http://www.cornucopia3d.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=164&pid=6912