I just discovered that Vue 6.5 will give a nice curvature to the ground plane and atmosphere automatically.

Here are my first shots above the ground plane - Vue Orbital Renders. Put all your experiments in this thread or just send us a snapshot of some planet you have created on from the ground plane but from the orbital plane. Here is a planet that appears to be somewhat earth like. Enjoy!

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1732/abovetheground3cn7.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3779/abovetheground2ba8.jpg

What is the html on the forum for showing images in the post?