Visual asset credits
Sources and rights for the planetarium v5 surface maps used in Solunari visuals. These illustrations are separate from calculated planetary positions and symbolic astrology.
Solunari resized and converted these maps to WebP, removed metadata, and mapped them onto shaded, rotating spheres. Venus, Uranus and Neptune receive a contrast adjustment in the website renderer. Original source modifications and limitations are listed below.
The creators and source institutions do not sponsor or endorse Solunari or its astrological content.
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Sun (sun)
Solar System Scope / INOVE
Solar System Scope / INOVE, CC BY 4.0; based on NASA data
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Original source notes (English)
NASA-inspired solar visualization; not a contemporaneous solar observation or validated global photosphere map.
Moon (moon)
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio / Ernie Wright; LRO LROC/LOLA teams
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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2025 LRO color mosaic. White balance/exposure adjusted; polar gaps filled with LRO albedo. Source describes this as optimized for aesthetics.
Mercury (mercury)
Solar System Scope / INOVE
Solar System Scope / INOVE, CC BY 4.0; based on NASA data
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NASA-data-derived visual map; colors adjusted and unmapped gaps may be artistically filled.
Venus (venus)
Solar System Scope / INOVE
Solar System Scope / INOVE, CC BY 4.0; based on NASA data
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Representative cloud appearance rather than the radar-visible surface.
Mars (mars)
Solar System Scope / INOVE
Solar System Scope / INOVE, CC BY 4.0; based on NASA data
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NASA-data-derived visual map; colors adjusted and unmapped gaps may be artistically filled.
Jupiter (jupiter)
NASA GSFC / Space Telescope Science Institute; Amy Simon, Michael Wong, Glenn Orton / OPAL
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center / Space Telescope Science Institute
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2015 Hubble global map, including Great Red Spot. Historical atmosphere, not today's clouds. Published NASA source requests these credits; no separate copyright restriction is identified for this map.
Saturn (saturn)
Solar System Scope / INOVE
Solar System Scope / INOVE, CC BY 4.0; based on NASA data
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NASA-data-derived visual map; colors adjusted and unmapped gaps may be artistically filled.
Uranus (uranus)
Solar System Scope / INOVE
Solar System Scope / INOVE, CC BY 4.0; based on NASA data
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NASA-data-derived visual map; colors adjusted and unmapped gaps may be artistically filled.
Neptune (neptune)
Solar System Scope / INOVE
Solar System Scope / INOVE, CC BY 4.0; based on NASA data
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Licensed interpretive atmospheric appearance. No verified photographic global Neptune mosaic was found in the reviewed primary catalog; JPL's older Neptune map is explicitly fictional. Displayed as illustrative atmosphere, not a verified science mosaic.
Pluto (pluto)
NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute
NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
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2017 New Horizons MVIC global color composite from the 2015 flyby; resolution varies and southern coverage is missing. Published NASA page identifies these mission credits with no separate copyright restriction.
Saturn (saturn-rings)
Solar System Scope / INOVE
Solar System Scope / INOVE, CC BY 4.0
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Radial alpha profile, not an equirectangular planet map. Mapped across ring radius with planar depth testing.