Night Sky HDRI 013

Night Sky HDRI 013 is a 2K high-dynamic-range environment map providing realistic nocturnal ambient lighting and reflections for 3D scenes. This 2K high-dynamic-range environment map features a clear, deep night sky dominated by a dense field of stars and a visible portion of the Milky Way galaxy. The capture provides a natural, low-intensity light source suitable for simulating outdoor evening conditions. The image is presented as a spherical projection, ensuring consistent illumination and reflection data across the entire 360-degree field. Its composition is balanced for subtle, realistic ambient lighting, avoiding harsh artificial highlights while maintaining the deep contrast typical of a clear rural or mountainous night sky environment.

The download is a 10.4 MB compressed archive containing a 2K equirectangular high-dynamic-range environment map, ready to load as dome or world lighting in Blender, 3ds Max, SketchUp renderers, Unreal Engine and D5.

To implement this map, load the file into the environment or world lighting slot of your rendering engine. Because it contains high-dynamic-range data, it will automatically drive both global illumination and reflections in your scene. Adjust the exposure or intensity multiplier within your renderer's settings to achieve the desired level of darkness, as the native brightness is calibrated for natural night-time levels. Ensure your material settings are physically based to accurately interpret the reflected star-field data provided by the map.