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Replace the flat billboard-disc planets with real 3D EllipsoidGraphics spheres textured with self-hosted high-res NASA/JPL + Solar System Scope maps (hd_*.jpg, 2048x1024), plus a PlaneGraphics Saturn ring (top-down annulus, transparent centre, depth-tested occlusion). Constant axial tilts (Venus upside-down, Uranus on its side). Cesium gotchas handled: constant orientation (time-varying orientation drops image materials -> blank white); DirectionalLight intensity 0.42 (no HDR -> higher clamps bright maps to white); camera.flyTo is dead in this mode so enter/travel run a manual eased setView tween (flyCamera); ellipsoid+ring gated by distanceDisplayCondition(r*30) so the orrery overview stays clean colored dots and the textured sphere takes over up close. Drop 9 now-unused 2k_ maps; textures/ is 3.3MB. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
1.4 KiB
1.4 KiB
Planet & body textures
Equirectangular surface maps + Saturn ring for the Solar System mode. All self-hosted, downscaled to web sizes (2048×1024 maps; 1024² ring).
Files in use
| File | Body | Origin |
|---|---|---|
2k_sun.jpg |
Sun | Solar System Scope |
2k_neptune.jpg |
Neptune | Solar System Scope |
hd_mercury.jpg |
Mercury | NASA/JPL–derived 8K map |
hd_venus.jpg |
Venus (Magellan radar surface) | NASA/JPL–derived 8K map |
hd_earth.jpg |
Earth | NASA Blue/Visible Earth–derived |
hd_mars.jpg |
Mars | NASA/JPL MGS/Viking–derived |
hd_jupiter.jpg |
Jupiter | NASA/Cassini–derived |
hd_saturn.jpg |
Saturn | NASA/Cassini–derived |
hd_saturn_ring.png |
Saturn ring (top-down annulus, RGBA) | NASA/Cassini–derived |
hd_uranus.jpg |
Uranus | Solar System Scope |
Licensing
The maps are derived from public-domain NASA/JPL imagery and Solar System Scope planetary maps, the latter under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) — © INOVE / Solar System Scope, https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/.
The hd_* set was produced from freely-distributed 3D-asset texture packs whose
underlying imagery is NASA/JPL (public domain) or Solar System Scope (CC BY 4.0).
Attribution is shown in-app (Solar System mode footer): "planet maps: NASA/JPL &
Solar System Scope (CC BY 4.0)".