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At the time I originally posted a link to some Messenger images and video I was not aware of a couple of these closer views of North and South America (the 2nd and 3rd images). They are quite nice, and very useful if you want to modify your own Earth textures.

Lone

Those are really cool images...

Is it me though, or is there always a line of cloud that follows the western coastline of south america? You can see it really well in those images.

You can also see it on the normal cloudmap for Earth in Celestia, but since it rotates round the planet you get this obvious 'south america' shape rotating round the planet too... Maybe it's better if we just keep the cloudmap rotating at the same speed as the ground in Celestia...

Malenfant wrote:Is it me though, or is there always a line of cloud that follows the western coastline of south america? You can see it really well in those images.

No, it's not just you. That's a persistent phenomenon.

Malenfant wrote:You can also see it on the normal cloudmap for Earth in Celestia, but since it rotates round the planet you get this obvious 'south america' shape rotating round the planet too... Maybe it's better if we just keep the cloudmap rotating at the same speed as the ground in Celestia...

Yep, that's what I do.

Lone

Malenfant wrote:Those are really cool images...

Is it me though, or is there always a line of cloud that follows the western coastline of south america? You can see it really well in those images.

You can also see it on the normal cloudmap for Earth in Celestia, but since it rotates round the planet you get this obvious 'south america' shape rotating round the planet too... Maybe it's better if we just keep the cloudmap rotating at the same speed as the ground in Celestia...

OR, someone could make a cloudmap that is completely independent of Earth's geography, so one wouldn't see an outline of south america in the cloudmap.

PlutonianEmpire wrote:OR, someone could make a cloudmap that is completely independent of Earth's geography, so one wouldn't see an outline of south america in the cloudmap.

Yes, but then it wouldn't be a realistic cloudmap, would it. That feature is there all the time it seems.