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January 08, 2002

Xplanet makes a wonderful screen

Xplanet makes a wonderful screen background. "Azimuthal, Mercator, Mollweide, orthographic, or rectangular projections can be shown as well as a window with a globe the user can rotate interactively using OpenGL or Mesa". There's a Windows version too. But the most amazing feature is the rendering of real cloud maps onto the earth's surface (automatically updated every few hours from the satellite imagery). It's awesome.