Example: Complex planetary surface

This page shows an example of a complex planetary surface generated by libnoise. This planet has a size comparable to Earth. The noise modules that generate this planetary surface can create surface detail that has a maximum resolution of 7.5 meters.

This planetary surface has a wide variety of terrain features:

plains

hills

mountains

badlands

river valleys

This planetary surface is generated by a combination of over 100 noise modules:

Note: libnoise is not a renderer; it simply generates the terrain elevations using coherent noise. These images are rendered by separate applications.