Hi All,
I thought I’d offer up a planet earth model for all to use.
Example video:
http://www.vimeo.com/3427553
You can get the BLEND file here:
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Hi, nice … model? It’s just a sphere with a texture lol, but I really like the atmosphere around the earth. But It’s way too big, so not that realistic, but it’s nice. Well done!
I have updated the file on sharecg.
This file is certainly more than an image mapped sphere. It is more of a planet rig. You can control the length of the outer glow by simply adjusting the distance of the glow_source. I have updated the images maps to have “real” alphas instead of Blenders lame attempt to calculate alphas froma JPG. I also added a node system that allows you to fade between the day side and the night side of our planet. I also added another sphere just to handle the water. You can easily run the selection to wire function on the inner sphere to create a grid based sphere for news style animations.
Enjoy!