Globe Translucency
Runnable Cesium example: Globe Translucency. Open the live demo, read the complete source, and copy the file into your project. No build step or API key.
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Source
<!--
示例:把地球做成半透明,看穿球体内部
要点:globe.translucency 控制正反面透明度,undergroundColor 决定球内底色
依赖:CesiumJS 1.121 · jsDelivr CDN,无影像与地形服务
-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="zh-CN">
<head>
<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>半透明地球</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/cesium@1.121.0/Build/Cesium/Widgets/widgets.css">
<style>
html,body{height:100%;margin:0}
body{background:#0e1116;color:#e6e8ec;overflow:hidden;
font:13px/1.6 -apple-system,"Segoe UI","PingFang SC",sans-serif}
#c{height:100%}
.hud{position:absolute;left:12px;top:12px;z-index:5;background:rgba(23,28,35,.9);
border:1px solid #2a313b;border-radius:6px;padding:9px 12px;font-size:12px;
color:#a2a9b6;max-width:250px}
.hud b{color:#e6e8ec;font-weight:600}
.hud .row{margin-top:6px}
input[type=range]{width:100%}
.cesium-viewer-bottom .cesium-widget-credits,.cesium-viewer-animationContainer,
.cesium-viewer-timelineContainer{display:none!important}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="c"></div>
<div class="hud">
<div><b>半透明地球</b></div>
<div class="row">正面 alpha <span id="aVal">0.45</span></div>
<div class="row"><input id="alpha" type="range" min="0" max="0.95" step="0.05" value="0.45"></div>
<div class="row">球心处放了一个发光球体</div>
<div class="row">对面大陆的点也能看到</div>
</div>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/cesium@1.121.0/Build/Cesium/Cesium.js"></script>
<script>
(function () {
'use strict';
var viewer = new Cesium.Viewer('c', {
baseLayer: false,
baseLayerPicker: false, geocoder: false, homeButton: false,
sceneModePicker: false, navigationHelpButton: false,
animation: false, timeline: false, fullscreenButton: false,
infoBox: false, selectionIndicator: false
});
var scene = viewer.scene;
scene.globe.baseColor = Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#2a4f73');
scene.backgroundColor = Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#0b0f15');
scene.skyBox.show = false;
scene.sun.show = false;
scene.moon.show = false;
if (scene.skyAtmosphere) scene.skyAtmosphere.show = false;
scene.globe.showGroundAtmosphere = false;
scene.globe.translucency.enabled = true;
scene.globe.translucency.frontFaceAlpha = 0.45;
scene.globe.translucency.backFaceAlpha = 0.15;
scene.globe.undergroundColor = Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#0f2030');
/* 球心处的发光球:半透明地球下能直接看到 */
viewer.entities.add({
position: new Cesium.Cartesian3(0, 0, 0),
ellipsoid: {
radii: new Cesium.Cartesian3(2200000, 2200000, 2200000),
material: Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#ffb13d').withAlpha(0.85)
}
});
/* 球面上的点:一部分在背面,透过球体可以看到 */
var CITIES = [
[116.39, 39.90, '北京'],
[-74.0, 40.7, '纽约'],
[2.35, 48.85, '巴黎'],
[139.69, 35.68, '东京'],
[-46.63, -23.55, '圣保罗'],
[151.2, -33.87, '悉尼']
];
CITIES.forEach(function (c) {
viewer.entities.add({
position: Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(c[0], c[1]),
point: {
pixelSize: 7,
color: Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#eaf2ff'),
disableDepthTestDistance: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
},
label: {
text: c[2],
font: '500 12px "Microsoft YaHei", sans-serif',
fillColor: Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#cfe4ff'),
pixelOffset: new Cesium.Cartesian2(0, -16),
disableDepthTestDistance: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
}
});
});
/* 一条贯穿球体的参考轴,强调球内空间 */
viewer.entities.add({
polyline: {
positions: Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegreesArrayHeights([-60, 0, -4200000, 120, 0, 4200000]),
width: 1.5,
material: new Cesium.PolylineDashMaterialProperty({
color: Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#ff8f4d').withAlpha(0.7),
dashLength: 24
})
}
});
document.getElementById('alpha').addEventListener('input', function () {
var v = parseFloat(this.value);
scene.globe.translucency.frontFaceAlpha = v;
document.getElementById('aVal').textContent = v.toFixed(2);
});
viewer.camera.flyTo({
destination: Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(100, 10, 26000000),
orientation: {
heading: 0,
pitch: Cesium.Math.toRadians(-72),
roll: 0
},
duration: 0
});
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
Language: the code and this page are in English; the full tutorial and API notes for this example are in Chinese. The demo itself is the authoritative version — it runs exactly as shown.