Anyone know of a moon photo that I could use to wrap around a globe for a scene in Vegas?
I already use "The Blue Marble" from NASA which is perfect for the earth.
NASA has some, don't they? You could always load up World Wind... it has the option to use the moon (and mars & earth)
Former user
wrote on 12/31/2006, 5:38 AM
It's not free, but it's really cheap - $1 to $5 depending on the resolution you want. It's from iStockphoto. You will have to buy some "credits" to purchase the image and the minimum is 10 credits for $10. But, I use their stuff all the time for video and print, so I'm sure you'll find something to use the remaining credits on ;-)
I use these all the time with Boris Red to create space-scapes and statellite/probe fly-bys. Hint: if you download the cylindrical map of the stars, map it to a very large sphere, place your planets as well as your "camera" inside, then you can rotate the entire scene and it will look VERY realistic. Perfect for all sorts of scientific as well as sci-fi productions.
Former user
wrote on 12/31/2006, 9:42 AM
Excellent link at http://laps.fsl.noaa.gov/ for the Moon and other images, but note at the bottom of the web page that they do have the following copyright on the images:
"Copyright: These images are presently licensed for personal non-commercial use as per the GNU freeware license. "
I am not sure why there is mention of copyright at that particular web page. The image of the moon as well as many others are part of the SOS (Science On a Sphere) program that makes these images available to the general public without any restrictions that I am aware of. The SOS software, however, is copyright and is intended for educational and non-profit use.