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8K Ultra HD ESA ENVISAT Earth Texture

We must not forget where we come from - lest we forget who we are

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Very fancy 8K Ultra-HD Earth texture for Stellaris, derived from real satellite footage from the European Space Agency's ENVISAT satellite.

Full resolution texture preview on Imgur:[imgur.com]
(This is only a preview for those who wish to see how the texture looks. You do not need to save this in any way. This is here because the workshop page cannot display images this large.)

The texture has been modified only slightly, mostly to simulate the effects of the Earth's atmosphere and to compensate for the game's lightning and effects:

• Added glaciers (were removed from original)
  
• Added blue layer to oceans to more closely match Earth's true appearence from space
  
• Slightly shifted hue, saturation and lightness, to match real Earth atmosphere

The original footage by ESA was 18000 x 9000! Unfortunately, the game engine does not want to load in texture sizes for planets above 8192 x 4096, at least not as far as I know. If anyone knows of a way to make even larger planet texture resolutions work, please let me know and I shall see if I can do this.

Recommended Mods:
Real Sol: Adds wonderful textures to the other planets, moons, etc.
Real Sol Expansion: Adds various terraformed textures to planets like Mars, Luna, etc.
Immersive Galaxy: Nightfall: Adds lifelike city lights to Earth.


Compatability:
Should be compatible with pretty much everything that doesn't modify Earth textures. Compatible with Real Space, Real Sol, etc. but make sure you put this below other graphics mods in the load order or else it might not show up.

To Do:

• Add upscaled cloud textures (could be done via AI upscaling, possibly)
  
• Try to make higher res version (if the game allows it)
  
• Add AI upscaled spec maps
  
• Add eco-arcology textures

Special thanks to the Stellaris Modding Den for help with debugging!