Thanks for looking.

I'm 46 years old and have discovered I really love photography and graphic arts, I am hoping to learn enough to start a second career. Anyhow, my question is can you tell me if the globe in tis picture is computer generated or not?

Second, how would one generate globe images from scratch?

Maybe a tall order but thanks for the help.

http://www.bigstockphoto.com/photo/view/44651

There are other globes in similar pictures there too, if you would like to use them as example........

Thanks again.