If you have the full version of Earthquake 3D — you can change the ‘skin’ around planet Earth by going into the options and selecting a new “.tga” file.
you can download the basic (or full) copy of EQ3D here: http://www.wolton.net/quake
I don’t know how much longer earthquake3D will be working, since the USGS is doing away with their RSS feeds which provides this program its information…
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I found this NOAA version, which beats the NASA version, and the USGS by far — both of which are lower resolution.
Seeing since its higher quality, I made the NOAA map into a workable .tga for EQ3D !
pictured below , the new NOAA orthograph :
download it here: (41 Mb file size)
http://www.mediafire.com/?uj0z5afp92azq3i
Here is another link with multiple other backgrounds including night time, and the NASA version:






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