3D Globe

A WebGL globe rendered from the ETOPO 2022 global relief model. The surface is the hypsometric color texture derived by this project's pipeline; see the render approach for the decisions behind it.

Double size

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Drag to rotate; scroll to zoom into a region, double-click to reset. Zoomed-in views load regional detail tiles on demand (down to 0.04 degrees per pixel). Double size shows the globe at twice the resolution (0.25-degree texture). Source: ETOPO 2022 global relief model (NOAA NCEI), 15-arcsecond surface tiles, downsampled by this project.