After building my new PC, I went back and tuned up my previous earth model. Fully volumetric clouds and atmosphere with light refraction, scattering, and absorption. 8k Moon and HDRi maps. tweaked the Micro displacement to a much higher resolution. Image was rendered at 400% 1920x1080, 500 samples on full global illumination and no denoising. Render took approximately 1hr.
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This your first project keep it up…
This is an elegant and beautiful piece of work. Well done 
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Gorgeous.
However, the contrast between the daylit half of the Earth and the city lights seems too low.