Ok, I'm flummoxed. I have tried to use a torus with the actual "Map" (Obtained from a NASA website. Won't map at all correctly. I've tried an alpha plane with variable levels of transparency. Nothing that I've tried will work to any satisfaction. The closest I've come is to use a series of nested torii, but it's still not good enough. There is no way to isolate the "Saturn ring" from the planet would there be? (BTW, is there any way of using the "Planet" object and having it accept other maps? Of course a map can be applied to a sphere, but the result is less than stellar. No pun intended... yeah right.) Does anyone have any suggestions? I've only been using Vue for about three months or a little more so I'm not a Grandmaster, but not COMPLETELY hopeless. Thanks Dr. Nash