Moon Shot

Inspired by Bre's Moon crater, I thought, why not the whole moon?

This thing is a bump mapped sphere that uses the planetary map data/images from here:
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/spaceart/cylmaps.html

Specifically, I used this one:
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/spaceart/moonbumpmap2.jpg

I essentially used the same bump mapping technique I used on this bowl: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13991

That is, use the picture as a height map. Use that height map to displace the vertices around the sphere. At the same time, use the image to colorize the thing as well, if you want extra reality.

Now came the special part. Since I had the moon in my hands, I wanted to split it open and see what it was made of, answering that age old question once and for all.

So, I cracked it open, and found that it was in fact hollow! No green men, no Amazonian women, no cheese, nothing, just a void. Unlike answering the Easter Bunny question, this was quite a let down.

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