More planet renders

Another day of fussing about and I'm getting pretty close to something I'm happy with. Here's a render of present day earth. That's North America at the upper right.


And here is my latest version of primordial earth. I dunno - maybe it needs more volcanoes. Still, it's at least starting to look like a planet.


I used the same basic setup for both renders. In fact, I used the same models. I just changed the maps and the atmosphere color to change our present Earth into its more primal self.