CGI Moon Kit
A 3D map of the moon for CG artists and creators
CGI Moon Kit launched on October 8, 2019 with 73 votes, #574 of 3,363 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
NASA has released images rendering an accurate 3D visualization of the moon‘s surface to the public. the ‘CGI moon kit’, is composed of data from NASA’s lunar reconnaissance orbiter which has been circling the moon capturing topographical data for 10 years.
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