Natural Earth III

Natural Earth III – Gallery

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Antarctica

Iberian Peninsula

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (1.2 MB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (1.1 MB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (992 KB)

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (1.1 MB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (1.0 MB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (956 KB)

Himalayas

Greenland

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (1.2 MB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (1.1 MB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (1.0 MB)

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (1.3 MB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (1.1 MB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (1.0 MB)

Middle East

Southern Africa

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (1.2 MB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (1.0 MB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (956 KB)

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (1.1 MB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (956 KB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (884 KB)

Amazon Basin

Australia and New Zealand

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (1.2 MB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (1.0 MB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (976 KB)

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (988 KB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (920 KB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (880 KB)

North America

Night – North America & Caribbean

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (940 KB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (872 KB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (828 KB)

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (524 KB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (480 KB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (456 KB)

Night – Asia

Night – Europe & Middle East

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (548 KB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (500 KB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (480 KB)

8:5 aspect ratio – 2,560 x 1,600 (552KB)
4:3 aspect ratio – 2,133 x 1,600 (512 KB)
19:16 aspect ratio – 1,900 x 1,600 (488 KB)

iPhone wallpapers (320 x 480)

Africa (56 KB)

Asia (56 KB)

Australia (60 KB)

Europe (57 KB)

North America (56 KB)

South America (56 KB)

About the gallery

The 3D images above were rendered in Natural Scene Designer Pro 5.0, which produced the atmosphere, haze, and lighting/shadow effects. The wide-angle camera lens used to create the scenes magnifies the size of continents on the spherical surface of Earth. This was done for dramatic effect and to give the scenes geographic focus.

Adobe Photoshop manipulation to the images includes adding background stars, shadow adjustments, and major edits to the clouds. The night globes are a combination of separate day and night scenes rendered with identical camera settings—clouds are absent to show continental outlines distinctly in the dim light. The lens flare filter (105 mm) in Photoshop produced the setting sun effect.

Globes that show the entire planet derive from 8,192 x 4,096 Natural Earth III textures. The oblique views use more detailed 16,200 x 8,100 textures.

For globes with ocean bathymetry go to: www.shadedrelief.com/natural2/pages/globes.html