pyvista.examples.planets.download_mercury_surface

download_mercury_surface(texture=False, load=True)

Download the surface of planet Mercury.

Textures obtained from Solar Textures.

Parameters:

texturebool, default: False

Set to True when loading the surface as a texture.

loadbool, default: True

Load the dataset. When False, return the path to the file.

Returns:

pyvista.DataSet | pyvista.Texture | str

Texture, Dataset, or path to the file depending on the load and texture parameters.

Examples

>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> texture = examples.planets.download_mercury_surface(texture=True)
>>> texture.plot(zoom='tight', show_axes=False)

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

See also

Mercury Surface Dataset

See this dataset in the Dataset Gallery for more info.

load_mercury()

Load Mercury as a textured sphere.

3D Earth and Celestial Bodies

Example plot of the solar system.