Create background plot and data files needed in the loopĬat pre.sh gmt begin # Set view and sun longitudes gmt math -T-12/372/0.5 -I T 5 SUB = longitudes.txt # Extract a topography CPT gmt makecpt -Cdem2 -T0/6000 -H > z.cpt # Get gradients of the relief from N45E gmt grdgradient -Nt1.2 -A45 d gmt end EOF # 2. # The higher resolution movie on YouTube used the 02m data set resolution. # The finished movie is available in our YouTube channel as well (without fading): # The movie takes about ~20 minutes to render on a 24-core MacPro 2013. Wessel, 2019, GMT science animations for the masses, Abstract IN21B-11. # We add a 1 second fade in and a 1 second fade out for the animation # DEM: # Ages: # A similar movie was presented at the Fall 2019 AGU meeting in an eLighting talk: # P.
#!/usr/bin/env bash # Animation of a spinning Earth showing the crustal ages from EarthByte for the oceans # and topographic relief on land, with shading given by the global relief and modified # by position relative to an artificial sun in the east.