# Geometry is visible under globe's surface

**URL:** <https://community.cesium.com/t/geometry-is-visible-under-globes-surface/1009>\
**Category:** CesiumJS\
**Created:** [February 19, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/geometry-is-visible-under-globes-surface/1009 "2014-02-19T11:53:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![andreas.silva1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@andreas.silva1](https://community.cesium.com/u/andreas.silva1)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/geometry-is-visible-under-globes-surface/1009/1 "2014-02-19T11:53:54Z")

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Hello all,

My goal here is to draw a 3D dome on the surface of the globe.  
To do that I'm drawing a sphere and put half of it under the surface. My problem here is that the hemisphere under the surface is not being occluded by the earth's surface.

Can you give me some clues on how can I achieve this, please?

My code (I also want the sphere's wireframe to be drawn):

height = -11000.0;  
sphereModelMatrix = Cesium.Matrix4.multiplyByUniformScale(Cesium.Matrix4.multiplyByTranslation(Cesium.Transforms.eastNorthUpToFixedFrame(  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ellipsoid.cartographicToCartesian(Cesium.Cartographic.fromDegrees(-98.0, 45.0))), new Cesium.Cartesian3(0.0, 0.0, height)), 90000.0);  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;instances.push(new Cesium.GeometryInstance({  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;geometry : sphereGeometry,  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;modelMatrix : sphereModelMatrix,  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;attributes : {  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;color : Cesium.ColorGeometryInstanceAttribute.fromColor(Cesium.Color.fromRandom({alpha : 0.5}))  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}));  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;outlineInstances.push(new Cesium.GeometryInstance({  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;geometry : sphereOutlineGeometry,  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;modelMatrix : sphereModelMatrix,  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;attributes : {  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;color : solidWhite  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}));  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;primitives.add(new Cesium.Primitive({  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;geometryInstances : instances,  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;appearance : new Cesium.PerInstanceColorAppearance({  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;translucent : true,  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;closed : true,  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;})  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}));  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;primitives.add(new Cesium.Primitive({  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;geometryInstances : outlineInstances,  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;appearance : new Cesium.PerInstanceColorAppearance({  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;flat : true,  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;renderState : {  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;depthTest : {  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;enabled : true  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;},  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;lineWidth : Math.min(1.0, scene.getContext().getMaximumAliasedLineWidth())  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;})  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}));

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Alessio\_Pierluigi\_Pl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Alessio\_Pierluigi\_Pl](https://community.cesium.com/u/Alessio_Pierluigi_Pl)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/geometry-is-visible-under-globes-surface/1009/2 "2014-02-19T13:01:17Z")

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You could try to set

cesiumWidget.centralBody.depthTestAgainstTerrain = true;