# Solar System Scope texture credits

Creator / attribution: Solar System Scope / INOVE.

Source: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Downloaded 2026-09-05 from the source page's High resolution download links.
These original files have not been resized, re-encoded or otherwise edited.
Orbit Lab wraps them onto 3D spheres/rings and applies lighting, tone mapping,
and day/night shading at render time. The night map is masked to Earth's night
hemisphere in the sunlight observer. No endorsement by the creator is implied.

The source describes these as equirectangular maps based on NASA imagery and
elevation data. Colors are enhanced by the source. Some unmapped areas contain
fictional terrain. Clouds, seasonal appearance and city lights are static,
not live observations. The backdrop is illustrative, not an aligned star
catalog. Main-scene surface rotation is illustrative; the sunlight observer
uses the simulation clock. Ring shadows and eclipses are not simulated.
No Pluto map is supplied by this source; Orbit Lab retains its color sphere.

All JPG files: 2048 x 1024 RGB. Ring PNG: 2048 x 125 RGBA.
The original files remain available alongside this notice under CC BY 4.0.

## Original downloads

- Sun: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_sun.jpg
- Moon: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_moon.jpg
- Mercury: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_mercury.jpg
- Venus atmosphere: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_venus_atmosphere.jpg
- Mars: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_mars.jpg
- Jupiter: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_jupiter.jpg
- Saturn: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_saturn.jpg
- Saturn rings: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_saturn_ring_alpha.png
- Uranus: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_uranus.jpg
- Neptune: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_neptune.jpg
- Earth day: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_earth_daymap.jpg
- Earth night: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_earth_nightmap.jpg
- Stars and Milky Way: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/2k_stars_milky_way.jpg

## SHA-256 (unchanged originals)

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```