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Live demos and experiments, mostly from the A-Starry-Sky project.

  • Today — Live Sky
    Real-time sky for today's date and default location.
  • Christmas Star, 1226
    Great Conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn on the winter solstice evening of 1226.
  • Mars Atmosphere
    Simulated Martian atmosphere — red-shifted Rayleigh, thin air, 3,389 km radius, 10.8 km sky.
  • Wild Sky
    Non-physical Mie and Rayleigh scattering values for a dramatic, otherworldly sky.
  • Aurora Borealis
    Northern Lights over Tromsø, Norway during the St. Patrick's Day geomagnetic storm, March 17, 2015.
  • Light Clouds
    Scattered clouds at 25% coverage.
  • Medium Clouds
    Partly cloudy sky at 55% coverage.
  • Heavy Clouds
    Overcast sky at 85% cloud coverage.
  • Solar Eclipse 2024
    Total solar eclipse as seen from Del Rio, Texas — April 8, 2024, 1:27 PM CDT.
  • High Altitude
    View from 10 km above sea level — the atmosphere as seen from a cruising aircraft.
  • Desert, 1226
    The original low-poly desert scene — December 26, 1226, at 200× time speed.