50 HDRI 8K Sky, Cloud Sea and Lake Reflection Skyboxes

Fifty bright daytime skies in three main moods: high above a sea of clouds, open blue sky over calm water, and still lakes that mirror the sky like glass.

Many files place the camera above a thick cloud layer, with soft blue sky overhead (for example 02, 03, 13, 20, 26, 40 and 50). Files 01, 05, 22, 24, 25 and 44 add towering dark storm clouds over the cloud sea. Files 06, 12, 14, 23, 39, 43 and 45 are still lakes with low tree lines, where the clouds reflect clearly in the water, and 34, 38, 46 and 49 show the same kind of lake at golden sunset. Files 07, 10, 16, 28 and 31 are open horizons with puffy white clouds over deep blue water, and 47 and 48 are minimal clear-sky gradients for a clean, simple backdrop. The contact sheet in the gallery shows every file.

Good for:
- Bright daytime sky lighting for products, cars and characters
- Flight, aircraft and above-the-clouds scenes
- Calm lake and water scenes with sky reflections
- Stylized and fantasy games that need open skies

Package contents:
- 50 equirectangular panoramas, Radiance .HDR, 8192 x 4096
- Contact sheet, numbered to match the files
- README with notes for Blender, Unreal Engine and Unity

Notes: brightness peaks between about 0.8 and 1.0, so these give soft, even light with no bright sun spot. Add a directional light if you want sharp shadows. Like other packs of this age, the images look soft when viewed at 100%, and some show a faint line where the left and right edges meet. Each file was checked for bad pixels.

Texture formats: HDR; Number of textures: 50; Texture resolutions: 8k (8192 x 4096);