# Adding clouds to central body **URL:** \ **Category:** CesiumJS\ **Created:** [November 15, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/adding-clouds-to-central-body/821 "2013-11-15T16:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vladimir.kurchatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ba9def/32.png) [@vladimir.kurchatkin](https://community.cesium.com/u/vladimir.kurchatkin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/adding-clouds-to-central-body/821/1 "2013-11-15T16:16:06Z")
Hi! I want to say sorry in advance for asking stupid questions, but I'm kind of new to Cesium, WebGL and 3D graphics in general) I want to add clouds to central body to make it look more realistic. I kind of figured out the way to do this (the gist [https://gist.github.com/vkurchatkin/7486843](https://gist.github.com/vkurchatkin/7486843)). But there is a problem - sometimes cloud ellipsoid totally disappears, and when it's visible, I can see both side of the ellipsoid. Is there anything I can do about this? Does my code makes sense at all?) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![patrick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/patrick/32/2045_2.png) [@patrick](https://community.cesium.com/u/patrick)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/adding-clouds-to-central-body/821/2 "2013-11-16T18:52:24Z")
Hi, Sometimes clouds are available as an imagery layer you can just add to the globe, like the “United States GOES infrared” in the [Imagery Sandcastle example](http://cesium.agi.com/Cesium/Apps/Sandcastle/?src=Imagery%20Layers%20Manipulation.html&label=All). Otherwise, if you want to control the render state (to not show the back side), consider using an appearance (which can contain a material like you have) and an ellipsoid geometry. See this tutorial: > [Cesium: The Platform for 3D Geospatial](http://cesium.agi.com/2013/11/04/Geometry-and-Appearances/) Patrick ---
**Author:** ![vladimir.kurchatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ba9def/32.png) [@vladimir.kurchatkin](https://community.cesium.com/u/vladimir.kurchatkin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:20am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/adding-clouds-to-central-body/821/3 "2013-11-18T09:20:50Z")
Thanks, that helped a lot! The only thing is left is to deal with an ugly texture seam) ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Ledermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Christian\_Ledermann](https://community.cesium.com/u/Christian_Ledermann)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:30am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/adding-clouds-to-central-body/821/4 "2013-11-18T09:30:41Z")
check out [http://openweathermap.org/hugemaps](http://openweathermap.org/hugemaps) there clouds, rain, wind speed, ... are available as imagery layers. ---
**Author:** ![vladimir.kurchatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ba9def/32.png) [@vladimir.kurchatkin](https://community.cesium.com/u/vladimir.kurchatkin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/adding-clouds-to-central-body/821/5 "2013-11-18T09:39:08Z")
Thanks! In fact, I don't need real data/imagery, more like static texture. I've got one and it looks pretty good, except for texture seam. I understand that it is a common problem in texturing sphere/ellipsoid, but for now I'm unable to solve it or find good solution. ---
**Author:** ![Geoneer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/geoneer/32/2449_2.png) [@Geoneer](https://community.cesium.com/u/Geoneer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/adding-clouds-to-central-body/821/6 "2017-09-14T09:32:01Z")
@zwift #zwift ![Untitled.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/original/2X/c/ccb232e17a1549aea76ebf8e8604a92b2491dbc0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Geoneer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/geoneer/32/2449_2.png) [@Geoneer](https://community.cesium.com/u/Geoneer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/adding-clouds-to-central-body/821/7 "2017-09-14T09:34:32Z")
check #zwift [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pht17h7TANM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pht17h7TANM) ---
**Author:** ![Geoneer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/geoneer/32/2449_2.png) [@Geoneer](https://community.cesium.com/u/Geoneer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/adding-clouds-to-central-body/821/8 "2017-09-14T09:46:24Z")
> **[Documentation | cesium.com](https://cesium.com/docs/)** > > Cesium is geospatial. Use Cesium ion's simple workflow to create 3D maps of your geospatial data for visualization, analysis, and sharing. For developers, use the open-source CesiumJS library to create custom 3D mapping apps. ---
**Author:** ![Geoneer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/geoneer/32/2449_2.png) [@Geoneer](https://community.cesium.com/u/Geoneer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/adding-clouds-to-central-body/821/9 "2017-09-14T11:03:54Z")
https://sketchfab.com/models/6d1fff581b3a424d88ee2125f909f3f3/embed?