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Texture map the earth image to the ball. Just make sure you use enough segments in the ball object ot make the surface outline smooth. Construct another ball just a little bigger than earth, make it almost completely tranparent with tranparent edges set concentric with earth. That is your atmosphere. I'd also use the ActualStars object from the LW object set. That way as you zoom to the earth you get relative motion in the stars as well. wmc – via Autopilot!