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marinushendrik

11-24-2009, 01:53 PM

Q: Does anyone know where I can find ultra high resolution earth textures?

I'm working on a video presentation and I'd like to create a variety of zooms on various countries. Therefore, I need some high-res earth textures.

I've found the ones on: http://planetpixelemporium.com/earth.html, but the quality (not resolution) of these images are not good enough. I need at least 4k imagery, does anyone know where I can find these?

Piflik

11-24-2009, 06:58 PM

There are some pretty high res Earth Surface Textures on Celestia Motherlode (http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/earth.php) (up to 64k and all free ;))

GreggeryPeccary

11-24-2009, 08:31 PM

For worldwide coverage, the best free resource is probably NASA's Blue Marble Next Generation (http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_set.php?categoryId=2355&p=1) images. They're available with or without topographic and bathymetric shading in sizes up to 84k (500 meters/pixel).

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