Milky Way image: ESO/S. Brunier. Earth surface: NASA Blue Marble (December 2004). Night lights: NASA/NOAA (2012 composite). These are static source maps, not live cloud observations.
Stars and constellation figures use d3-celestial J2000 data. Initial direction uses a representative device-time-zone region, not GPS or an exact observing location. Star and line emphasis is a visual identification effect.
Static cloud density and water mask: Solar System Scope / INOVE, based on NASA imagery, CC BY 4.0. Adapted into a 4096 × 2048 two-channel material. Clouds evolve through slow illustrative advection and density changes of a static source composite with no supplied observation timestamp; they are not current weather. Approximate atmospheric scattering, cloud relief and ocean reflection are rendering effects. Surface and night maps remain static NASA composites; sunlight uses current UTC.
Coastline © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL-1.0. Simplified global coastline snapshot from an unofficial osmdata.org mirror (Last-Modified 2026-11-03), combined with Natural Earth public-domain lakes. Adapted mask database is available under ODbL-1.0. Static shoreline source, not current tides or live electricity use. License and notices, exact source and derivative metadata, reproduction builder. The worldwide raster grid is 1/256 degree (about0.43km north-south); sub-grid islands and coastal pixels have finite precision.
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