[ { "id": "galapagos", "name": "Galápagos", "country": "Ecuador", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Volcanic ridges, cactus & tortoise", "detail": "Prickly-pear cactus rises above volcanic rock, with a small giant tortoise at the shore. A landscape-led gallery variation; the original study is preserved.", "alt": "A clay volcanic ridge and tall prickly-pear cactus grove above a small olive giant tortoise with domed shell on deep teal water.", "image": "/art/country-islands/galapagos.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/galapagos-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/galapagos.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "south-island", "name": "South Island / Te Waipounamu", "country": "New Zealand", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Snowy Southern Alps, kea & kiwi", "detail": "The snowy Southern Alps rise above two small island companions: a kea and a kiwi. A place-inspired grouping, not a shared habitat snapshot.", "alt": "A tall snowy clay mountain range above a green island, with a small olive kea with orange underwing and a small brown long-billed kiwi near the shore.", "image": "/art/country-islands/south-island.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/south-island-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/south-island.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "madagascar", "name": "Madagascar", "country": "Madagascar", "region": "Indian Ocean", "motif": "Baobab grove & ring-tailed lemur", "detail": "Stout baobabs crown a dry island grove. A little ring-tailed lemur curls its black-and-white tail below the trees.", "alt": "Tall thick-trunked clay baobabs with green crowns above a small grey ring-tailed lemur with a striped tail at the grove’s edge.", "image": "/art/country-islands/madagascar.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/madagascar-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/madagascar.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "mauritius", "name": "Mauritius", "country": "Mauritius", "region": "Indian Ocean", "motif": "Volcanic peak, palm & extinct dodo", "detail": "A green volcanic peak and a palm frame a small imagined dodo. Native to Mauritius, the dodo became extinct in the seventeenth century.", "alt": "A tall green clay volcanic peak and curved palm above a small grey dodo with hooked ochre bill and yellow feet on the beach.", "image": "/art/country-islands/mauritius.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/mauritius-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/mauritius.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "socotra", "name": "Socotra", "country": "Yemen", "region": "Indian Ocean", "motif": "Dragon’s-blood tree umbrellas", "detail": "Dragon’s-blood trees spread broad umbrella crowns over pale limestone on this Arabian Sea island. Reuses the original Socotra study.", "alt": "Two green umbrella-shaped clay dragon’s-blood trees with visible branching trunks on pale limestone and turquoise water.", "image": "/art/special-islands/socotra.png", "thumbnail": "/art/special-islands/socotra-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/socotra.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "palau", "name": "Palau Rock Islands", "country": "Palau", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Undercut limestone islets", "detail": "Forest crowns sit above mushroom-shaped limestone bases, undercut at the waterline. Reuses the original Palau study.", "alt": "Three forest-topped clay limestone islets with pale overhangs and narrow bases in a bright turquoise lagoon.", "image": "/art/special-islands/palau.png", "thumbnail": "/art/special-islands/palau-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/palau.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "seychelles", "name": "La Digue", "country": "Seychelles", "region": "Indian Ocean", "motif": "Sculpted granite & palm", "detail": "The rounded granite boulders of La Digue’s beaches make a shore that looks hand-sculpted before the clay even arrives.", "alt": "Tall rounded peach-grey clay granite boulders with curved grooves beside a leaning palm on a small golden beach.", "image": "/art/country-islands/seychelles.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/seychelles-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/seychelles.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "komodo", "name": "Komodo", "country": "Indonesia", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Dry savanna ridges & Komodo dragon", "detail": "Ochre ridges and dry grasses lead the scene. A small Komodo dragon, the world’s largest living lizard, explores the lower shore.", "alt": "Rounded ochre clay savanna ridges and dry grass tufts above a small low olive Komodo dragon with splayed legs and tapered tail.", "image": "/art/country-islands/komodo.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/komodo-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/komodo.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "borneo", "name": "Borneo", "country": "Brunei · Indonesia · Malaysia", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Rainforest canopy & orangutan", "detail": "A branching rainforest canopy shelters a small rust-red orangutan at the forest edge. Borneo is shared by Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.", "alt": "A tall branching clay rainforest tree, broad green canopy and fern above a small rust-red orangutan with long arms and dark face.", "image": "/art/country-islands/borneo.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/borneo-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/borneo.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "sulawesi", "name": "Sulawesi", "country": "Indonesia", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Forest hills & babirusa", "detail": "Green hills and a spreading forest tree shelter a small male babirusa. Its upper tusks grow through the snout and curve back above the face.", "alt": "A spreading green clay forest tree and lush hills above a small dusky babirusa with ivory tusks curling above its snout.", "image": "/art/country-islands/sulawesi.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/sulawesi-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/sulawesi.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "sri-lanka", "name": "Sri Lanka", "country": "Sri Lanka", "region": "Indian Ocean", "motif": "Tea terraces & elephant", "detail": "Layered tea-country hills roll above a small Sri Lankan elephant at the foot of the island’s green terraces.", "alt": "Tall layered green clay tea terraces and dark planted rows above a small grey Asian elephant with broad ears and curled trunk.", "image": "/art/country-islands/sri-lanka.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/sri-lanka-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/sri-lanka.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "tasmania", "name": "Tasmania", "country": "Australia", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Tree fern, mossy rocks & devil", "detail": "A spreading tree fern and mossy rocks shelter a little Tasmanian devil, its white chest marking breaking the dark coat.", "alt": "A tall spreading clay tree fern and mossy island rocks above a small black Tasmanian devil with white chest marking and pink ears.", "image": "/art/country-islands/tasmania.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/tasmania-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/tasmania.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "kangaroo-island", "name": "Kangaroo Island", "country": "Australia", "region": "Indian Ocean", "motif": "Remarkable Rocks & kangaroo", "detail": "Wind-sculpted granite inspired by Remarkable Rocks rises above the shore, with a little kangaroo tucked beside the boulders.", "alt": "Large rounded orange clay granite boulders with a dark hollow, beside a small brown kangaroo with tall ears and a long tail.", "image": "/art/country-islands/kangaroo-island.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/kangaroo-island-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/kangaroo-island.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "hawaii", "name": "Hawaiʻi", "country": "United States", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Lava & yellow hibiscus", "detail": "Fresh lava meets old basalt on Hawaiʻi, with the yellow native hibiscus adding a bright clay flower. Lava is stylized, not a current eruption report.", "alt": "A charcoal clay volcano with an orange crater and glowing lava ribbon, beside a large yellow five-petalled hibiscus.", "image": "/art/country-islands/hawaii.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/hawaii-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/hawaii.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "bora-bora", "name": "Bora Bora", "country": "French Polynesia · France", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Otemanu peaks & reef lagoon", "detail": "The steep remnants of Bora Bora’s volcano rise from a turquoise lagoon wrapped by a low coral-reef ring.", "alt": "Two tall green clay volcanic peaks inside a turquoise lagoon, with a curved sandy reef rim and a tiny palm.", "image": "/art/country-islands/bora-bora.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/bora-bora-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/bora-bora.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "rapa-nui", "name": "Rapa Nui / Easter Island", "country": "Chile", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Moai & volcanic grassland", "detail": "A respectful, stylized study of the moai: monumental ancestor figures carved by the Rapa Nui people, standing on volcanic land.", "alt": "A stone-grey clay moai with long brow, nose, ears and torso on a grassy volcanic island beside a smaller distant stone figure.", "image": "/art/country-islands/rapa-nui.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/rapa-nui-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/rapa-nui.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "fiji", "name": "Viti Levu", "country": "Fiji", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Palm, hibiscus & banded iguana", "detail": "A curved palm and pink hibiscus frame a green island slope, with a small Fiji banded iguana nestled along the beach.", "alt": "A tall curved clay palm and pink hibiscus above a green island slope, with a small emerald iguana with pale bands and curled tail.", "image": "/art/country-islands/fiji.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/fiji-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/fiji.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "new-caledonia", "name": "Grande Terre", "country": "New Caledonia · France", "region": "Pacific", "motif": "Araucaria, fern & kagu", "detail": "A columnar Araucaria and spreading fern crown the island greenery. A small kagu, endemic to New Caledonia, stands at the forest edge.", "alt": "A tall narrow clay Araucaria tree and spreading fern above a small pale kagu with raised crest, orange bill and long orange legs.", "image": "/art/country-islands/new-caledonia.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/new-caledonia-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/new-caledonia.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "christmas-island", "name": "Christmas Island", "country": "Australia", "region": "Indian Ocean", "motif": "Red crab migration", "detail": "A forest canopy spreads above a sandy migration path. Three tiny red land crabs head toward the sea, where Christmas Island’s crabs breed.", "alt": "A broad green clay forest canopy above a sandy path crossed by three tiny red crabs with raised pincers and jointed legs.", "image": "/art/country-islands/christmas-island.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/christmas-island-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/christmas-island.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "falklands", "name": "Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas", "country": "United Kingdom-administered · claimed by Argentina", "region": "Atlantic", "motif": "Tussac cliffs & rockhopper penguin", "detail": "Tussac grass and rocky cliffs rise above the South Atlantic shore, with a small southern rockhopper penguin near the water.", "alt": "Tall clay tussac grass and turf-topped rocky cliffs beside a small black-and-white rockhopper penguin with yellow eyebrow feathers.", "image": "/art/country-islands/falklands.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/falklands-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/falklands.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "south-georgia", "name": "South Georgia", "country": "United Kingdom-administered · claimed by Argentina", "region": "Atlantic", "motif": "Blue glacier & king penguin", "detail": "Pale glacial walls rise above a cold South Atlantic shore. A little king penguin adds a flash of orange beside the ice.", "alt": "Pale blue clay glacier walls and an icy shore above a small black-and-white king penguin with golden-orange neck patches.", "image": "/art/country-islands/south-georgia.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/south-georgia-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/south-georgia.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "iceland", "name": "Iceland", "country": "Iceland", "region": "Atlantic", "motif": "Basalt columns & puffin", "detail": "A tall bundle of hexagonal basalt columns recalls Iceland’s volcanic coasts, with a small Atlantic puffin on a lower ledge.", "alt": "Tall dark hexagonal clay basalt columns beside a small black-and-white puffin with orange triangular bill and orange feet on a low ledge.", "image": "/art/country-islands/iceland.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/iceland-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/iceland.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "faroe-islands", "name": "Faroe Islands", "country": "Denmark · autonomous territory", "region": "Atlantic", "motif": "Turf cliffs, sea stack & sheep", "detail": "Turf-topped cliffs and a slender sea stack lead this North Atlantic island, with a little woolly sheep grazing above the shore.", "alt": "A broad green clay cliff and tall turf-topped sea stack beside a small cream sheep with dark face and curled horns.", "image": "/art/country-islands/faroe-islands.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/faroe-islands-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/faroe-islands.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "svalbard", "name": "Svalbard", "country": "Norway", "region": "Arctic", "motif": "Blue ice walls & walrus", "detail": "Blue ice walls stand above a pale floe, where a small walrus rests with its tusks pointing down toward the ice.", "alt": "Tall pale-blue clay ice walls and a white floe beside a small cinnamon-brown walrus with ivory tusks and broad flippers.", "image": "/art/country-islands/svalbard.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/svalbard-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/svalbard.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "greenland", "name": "Greenland / Kalaallit Nunaat", "country": "Kingdom of Denmark · autonomous territory", "region": "Arctic", "motif": "Icebergs & narwhal", "detail": "Coastal icebergs tower above a small surfacing narwhal. Its spiral tusk is an elongated tooth, not a horn.", "alt": "Tall pale-blue clay icebergs above turquoise water, with a small mottled grey narwhal showing a spiral ivory tusk and tail flukes.", "image": "/art/country-islands/greenland.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/greenland-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/greenland.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "azores", "name": "Pico, Azores", "country": "Portugal", "region": "Atlantic", "motif": "Pico’s volcanic cone & sperm whale", "detail": "Pico’s volcanic cone rises from green island slopes, while a little sperm whale surfaces in the surrounding Atlantic water.", "alt": "A tall green clay volcanic cone above an island slope and teal sea, with a small slate sperm whale with square head and horizontal tail flukes.", "image": "/art/country-islands/azores.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/azores-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/azores.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "madeira", "name": "Madeira", "country": "Portugal", "region": "Atlantic", "motif": "Bird-of-paradise flower & green ridge", "detail": "A cultivated bird-of-paradise flower opens orange-and-blue petals above Madeira’s green ridges. The plant is South African in origin, not endemic to Madeira.", "alt": "A large clay bird-of-paradise flower with orange pointed petals and blue tongue on a long green stem above terraced island ridges.", "image": "/art/country-islands/madeira.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/madeira-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/madeira.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "tenerife", "name": "Tenerife", "country": "Spain", "region": "Atlantic", "motif": "Teide & Canary dragon tree", "detail": "Teide’s high volcanic cone and a branching Canary dragon tree give Tenerife two very different crowns.", "alt": "A brown clay volcanic cone with a pale summit behind a branching dragon tree with separate spiky green leaf rosettes.", "image": "/art/country-islands/tenerife.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/tenerife-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/tenerife.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "sardinia", "name": "Sardinia", "country": "Italy", "region": "Mediterranean", "motif": "Cork oak, rocky hills & mouflon", "detail": "A spreading cork oak crowns rocky Mediterranean hills, with a little mouflon and its curled horns at the woodland edge.", "alt": "A broad green clay cork oak and rocky island hills above a small reddish-brown mouflon with curled horns and cream saddle.", "image": "/art/country-islands/sardinia.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/sardinia-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/sardinia.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] }, { "id": "santorini", "name": "Santorini", "country": "Greece", "region": "Mediterranean", "motif": "Blue domes & caldera cliff", "detail": "Whitewashed buildings and blue domes cluster above the dark volcanic walls of Santorini’s flooded caldera.", "alt": "Three rounded white clay buildings with blue domes, tiny doors and windows on a russet volcanic cliff above teal water.", "image": "/art/country-islands/santorini.png", "thumbnail": "/art/country-islands/santorini-thumb.png", "model": "/art/country-islands/santorini.glb", "layers": [ "ocean", "terrain", "vegetation", "animals", "details" ] } ]