Topographic Earth

Palette

Land Ocean

Cloud Shadow

Surface

Detail treatment Relief shading Relief contrast Topographic height Fine relief

Height uses elevation data; relief shading and fine surface texture remain independent.

Surface roughness

Light

Key light Ambient light Fill light Light direction Light elevation

Clouds

Show clouds

Rendering algorithm Texture sampling Choose the anti-aliased filter or the original atlas sampling. Filter sharpness Higher values preserve crisper atlas detail; lower values soften pixel edges. Altitude Coverage Opacity Edge softness Relative speed

Original atlas parameters

Uses the shared coverage, opacity, edge softness, altitude, and speed controls above.

Altitude is a real second sphere, so clouds can rise beyond the planet’s edge.

Cloud shadows

Show shadows

Strength Softness Offset

Motion

Rotation speed Axial tilt