DEEP SKY OBSERVATORY / LIVE VIEWPLATE 0000
↔ Drag the moon to rotate it
“Every undiscovered world is an invitation to imagine differently.”
HOW THE ILLUSION WORKS
Three tricks for inventing a planet
01 / GEOGRAPHY
Make mountains from noise
Layer smooth random patterns at different scales, then flood the valleys.
02 / GEOMETRY
Wrap a map around a sphere
Longitude and latitude turn the flat texture into a rotating world.
03 / LIGHT
Give the moon a sunrise
Each point brightens according to how directly it faces an imagined sun.
FIELD REPORT / 0000
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A world is being imagined.
Surface
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Clouds
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Atmosphere
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Atlas coordinate
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THE CARTOGRAPHER'S WORKSHOP
Choose a world, then change its weather.
Draw a ring system
Turn the moon slowly
WORLD PASSPORT
Every passport preserves a moon's terrain, colors, clouds, and sunlight. Copy it to revisit the same imagined place.