7 HDRI 16K Emission Core Skyboxes

Seven bright gas clouds at 16K, each glowing against dark space. With a single focus in the sky, they give a clear point of light for your scene to sit around.

The colours include icy blue-white and cyan, warm cream and amber, soft rose pink, and a violet glow with almost nothing around it. One panorama stands apart, with a blue and red core surrounded by a dense field of bright stars.

Please note: some of these skies share shapes with my 7 HDRI 16K Cinematic Nebula pack, in different colours, so check both contact sheets if you own that pack.

Good for:
- Cinematic space shots with a clear focal point
- Backgrounds for ships, planets and stations
- Virtual production and VFX
- VR and dome projects

The download includes:
- 7 panoramas in 32-bit Radiance .HDR, 16384 x 8192 (2:1 equirectangular)
- Numbered contact sheet
- README with notes for Blender, Unreal Engine and Unity

Each emission HDRI works as a sky and as a light: the HDR image casts the colour of its nebula core across your space scene.

Every file was checked for bad pixels, and the left and right edges join cleanly. Peak brightness is about 3 to 60. Large files use a lot of memory, so limit the size on import where the full resolution isn't needed.

Texture formats: HDR; Number of textures: 7; Texture resolutions: 16k (16384 x 8192);