# Space texture and observation credits — v26 Fetched and verified 2026-10-04. Total image bytes: 3096144. ## Interpretation - All sphere JPG maps are 2:1 equirectangular; set colorSpace to sRGB. No normal or height data provided. - Reprojected maps preserve the original NASA model orientation and are not intended for geographic marker coordinates. - Asset credits cover the source images only. The educational simulation and descriptions are Safouan content; no source agency endorsement is claimed. - Existing Earth/Moon/Mars textures retain their existing TEXTURE-CREDITS.md attribution. ## Assets ### mercury.jpg - Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD) - Source page: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/mercury-3d-model/ - Download: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/solar/2023/09/m/Mercury_1_4878.glb - Rights: NASA media usage guidelines: educational/informational use with acknowledgment and no endorsement — https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/ - Processing: Base-color texture extracted from original GLB; ray/triangle UV reprojection to 2:1 equirectangular image, then JPEG quality 90. - Dimensions: 2048 x 1024 - Note: Extracted from an official NASA visualization model. The source page does not identify the complete observational processing provenance; do not label this texture as a direct true-color spacecraft photograph or a current weather map. - Note: Educational appearance texture; not a georeferenced scientific measurement product. ### venus.jpg - Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD) - Source page: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/venus-3d-model/ - Download: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/solar/2023/09/v/Venus_1_12103.glb - Rights: NASA media usage guidelines: educational/informational use with acknowledgment and no endorsement — https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/ - Processing: Base-color texture extracted from original GLB and encoded as JPEG quality 92; no colors altered. - Dimensions: 1440 x 720 - Note: Extracted from an official NASA visualization model. The source page does not identify the complete observational processing provenance; do not label this texture as a direct true-color spacecraft photograph or a current weather map. - Note: Educational appearance texture; not a georeferenced scientific measurement product. - Note: Shows a visualization of atmospheric appearance; these cloud patterns are not a solid visible surface. ### jupiter.jpg - Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD) - Source page: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/jupiter-3d-model/ - Download: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/solar/2023/09/j/Jupiter_1_142984.glb - Rights: NASA media usage guidelines: educational/informational use with acknowledgment and no endorsement — https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/ - Processing: Base-color texture extracted from original GLB; ray/triangle UV reprojection to 2:1 equirectangular image, then JPEG quality 90. - Dimensions: 2048 x 1024 - Note: Extracted from an official NASA visualization model. The source page does not identify the complete observational processing provenance; do not label this texture as a direct true-color spacecraft photograph or a current weather map. - Note: Educational appearance texture; not a georeferenced scientific measurement product. - Note: Shows a visualization of atmospheric appearance; these cloud patterns are not a solid visible surface. ### saturn.jpg - Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD) - Source page: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/saturn-3d-model/ - Download: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/solar/2023/09/s/Saturn_1_120536.glb - Rights: NASA media usage guidelines: educational/informational use with acknowledgment and no endorsement — https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/ - Processing: Base-color texture extracted from original GLB; ray/triangle UV reprojection to 2:1 equirectangular image, then JPEG quality 90. - Dimensions: 2048 x 1024 - Note: Extracted from an official NASA visualization model. The source page does not identify the complete observational processing provenance; do not label this texture as a direct true-color spacecraft photograph or a current weather map. - Note: Educational appearance texture; not a georeferenced scientific measurement product. - Note: Shows a visualization of atmospheric appearance; these cloud patterns are not a solid visible surface. ### uranus.jpg - Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD) - Source page: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/uranus-3d-model/ - Download: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/solar/2023/09/u/Uranus_1_51118.glb - Rights: NASA media usage guidelines: educational/informational use with acknowledgment and no endorsement — https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/ - Processing: Base-color texture extracted from original GLB and encoded as JPEG quality 92; no colors altered. - Dimensions: 1024 x 512 - Note: Extracted from an official NASA visualization model. The source page does not identify the complete observational processing provenance; do not label this texture as a direct true-color spacecraft photograph or a current weather map. - Note: Educational appearance texture; not a georeferenced scientific measurement product. - Note: Shows a visualization of atmospheric appearance; these cloud patterns are not a solid visible surface. ### neptune.jpg - Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD) - Source page: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/neptune-3d-model/ - Download: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/solar/2023/09/n/Neptune_1_49528.glb - Rights: NASA media usage guidelines: educational/informational use with acknowledgment and no endorsement — https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/ - Processing: Base-color texture extracted from original GLB and encoded as JPEG quality 92; no colors altered. - Dimensions: 1024 x 512 - Note: Extracted from an official NASA visualization model. The source page does not identify the complete observational processing provenance; do not label this texture as a direct true-color spacecraft photograph or a current weather map. - Note: Educational appearance texture; not a georeferenced scientific measurement product. - Note: Shows a visualization of atmospheric appearance; these cloud patterns are not a solid visible surface. - Note: Legacy visualization uses saturated blue. It is not a calibrated natural-color reference; Neptune and Uranus are much more similar in true color than many older processed images suggest. ### sun.jpg - Credit: NASA - Source page: https://science.nasa.gov/learn/heat/resource/sun-3d-model/ - Download: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/solar/2023/09/s/Sun_1_1391000.glb - Rights: NASA media usage guidelines: educational/informational use with acknowledgment and no endorsement — https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/ - Processing: Base-color texture extracted from original GLB; ray/triangle UV reprojection to 2:1 equirectangular image, then JPEG quality 90. - Dimensions: 2048 x 1024 - Note: Extracted from an official NASA visualization model. The source page does not identify the complete observational processing provenance; do not label this texture as a direct true-color spacecraft photograph or a current weather map. - Note: Educational appearance texture; not a georeferenced scientific measurement product. - Note: Yellow/orange emissive visualization is not a naked-eye true-color view. The Sun is plasma, with no solid surface. ### saturn-rings.png - Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD) - Source page: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/saturn-3d-model/ - Download: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/solar/2023/09/s/Saturn_1_120536.glb - Rights: NASA media usage guidelines — https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/ - Processing: Original RGBA radial strip extracted and reduced from 4096 x 16 to 1024 x 4; transparency retained. - Dimensions: 1024 x 4 - Note: Map U from inner radius to outer radius, V around azimuth. Original model ring radius range / equatorial planet radius = 1.2323 to 2.3309. - Note: Visualization texture, not a live rings observation. ### venus-surface.jpg - Credit: Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech; JPL/Caltech (McAuley), Magellan/Venera/Pioneer data - Source page: https://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/tmaps/venus.html - Download: https://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/tmaps/pix/ven0ajj2.tif - Rights: JPL image use policy: reuse with credit and no endorsement — https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/jpl-image-use-policy/ - Processing: Original TIFF converted to JPEG quality 90 at original 1440 x 720 resolution. - Dimensions: 1440 x 720 - Note: Radar-derived composite with display coloring; not visible-light natural surface colors. - Note: Magellan radar gaps are filled using Pioneer and Venera data. Venus opaque clouds hide this terrain in ordinary visible-light views. ### pluto.jpg - Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI - Source page: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/pluto-global-color-map/ - Download: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/solar/2023/09/p/l/pluto_color_mapmosaic.jpg - Rights: NASA media usage guidelines — https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/ - Processing: Original 5926 x 2963 mosaic reduced to 2048 x 1024 and encoded as JPEG quality 90; no unobserved areas filled. - Dimensions: 2048 x 1024 - Note: New Horizons 2015 MVIC multi-filter mosaic. Resolution varies widely between hemispheres. - Note: Black southern region represents missing observations, not black terrain. Preserve this distinction in the explanation. ### andromeda.jpg - Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B.F. Williams, L.C. Johnson (University of Washington), the PHAT team, and R. Gendler - Source page: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/andromeda-galaxy-m31-mosaic/ - Download: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/missions/hubble/releases/2015/09/STScI-01EVVC2PHV4W0A4PQV8S9GJS9J.tif/jcr:content/renditions/1280x457.jpg - Rights: NASA media usage guidelines — https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/ - Processing: 1280 x 457 official rendition recompressed at JPEG quality 90. - Dimensions: 1280 x 457 - Note: Hubble mosaic of a PART of Andromeda, not a full-galaxy photograph. - Note: Composite color assigns hues to separate filter images; two-dimensional observed image, not a measured 3D volume. ### orion-nebula.jpg - Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team, Massimo Robberto (STScI, ESA) - Source page: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/hubbles-sharpest-view-of-the-orion-nebula/ - Download: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/missions/hubble/releases/2006/01/STScI-01EVT7X0BR54ZWDP1AG2DA54RA.tif/jcr:content/renditions/1280x1280.jpg - Rights: NASA media usage guidelines — https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/ - Processing: 1280 x 1280 official rendition recompressed at JPEG quality 90. - Dimensions: 1280 x 1280 - Note: Composite of Hubble ACS and ESO La Silla telescope exposures with assigned colors for the filters. - Note: Two-dimensional observational mosaic; any surrounding depth/particles in the explorer are illustrative. ### milky-way.jpg - Credit: ESO/S. Brunier - Source page: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0932a/ - Download: https://cdn.eso.org/images/screen/eso0932a.jpg - Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - Processing: Official 1280 x 640 screensize panorama recompressed at JPEG quality 90. - Dimensions: 1280 x 640 - Note: Panorama photographed from within our Galaxy, seen from Earth. It is NOT an external photograph of the Milky Way spiral. - Note: Show full credit ESO/S. Brunier clearly beside the displayed observation, with active source/license links. - Note: The copyright restriction mentioned on source page refers to the unavailable 800-million-pixel original; this is the officially distributed screensize rendition.