Photorealistic Animated Earth with Aurora, Clouds & Atmosphere - render-ready in Cinema 4D with ultra-high 43K textures.

This is a fully detailed, animated 3D Earth with realistic clouds, a layered atmosphere, separate day and night surfaces, and a dynamic aurora system: 6 northern and 6 southern aurora flare types that shift in appearance as the planet rotates. Built and lit entirely with default Cinema 4D render settings, it opens and renders out of the box - no scene setup needed.

Ideal for film & VFX establishing shots, science and education visualizations, planetarium and documentary content, motion graphics and broadcast intros, and high-end game cinematics and backgrounds. The 43K texture set holds extreme close-up detail and stays crisp on large screens and 4K/8K renders.

Scene contents

• 4 geospheres with adjustable polygon count (set the resolution yourself)
• Separate layers: Earth, Clouds, Atmosphere (multiple), Night Fog, Sunset, Aurora
• Aurora system: North (types 1-6) and South (types 1-6)
• Lights controller: night sky lights (white / green / blue) and night map background lights (white / red)

Texture sets - 43K / 32K / 21K

• Earth surface: Color, Night surface, Bump, Normal, Specular (land), Specular (sea)
• Clouds: Color, Normal, Bump, Specular
• 43K color map up to 43200 x 21600 px; night map up to 54000 x 27000 px

Technical details

• Animated; ready to render with default Cinema 4D settings
• High-resolution (43K) and lighter (21K) maps work in the same scene and can be combined in any mix
• Adjustable poly count; all objects fully editable
• No visible seams on the surface
• Compatible with Cinema 4D 2011 and later

Recommended hardware

• 16 GB RAM or more (an extra 32 GB swap helps)
• At least 2 GB video memory
• ~30 GB free disk space; an SSD is strongly recommended
• First load can take up to ~5 minutes while the high-resolution textures load

Model is fully completed and 100% functional.