The "Blue Marble" textures are the property of the NASA and the Earth Observatory team.

Image by Reto Stöckli (land surface, shallow water, clouds). Enhancements by Robert Simmon (ocean color, compositing, 3D globes, animation).

A big thank you to everyone for helping me (my apologies to anyone whom I have forgotten):

John Kennedy,
Filip Degroote,
Mhiri Samih,
Juan Sebastian Tobon Conde,
Dominik Marszk,
Lauren Baker

(If for one reason or another you no longer want your name to appear on this list, contact me quickly at this address: franck.richard[at]free.fr)