// renderer
      var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
      renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight*0.9);
      document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);

      // camera
      var camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(45, window.innerWidth/ (window.innerHeight*0.9), 1, 1000);
      camera.position.z = 500;

      // scene
      var scene = new THREE.Scene();

      //Try this block without the map:... to se that the globe has been actually created
    var sphere = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.SphereGeometry(150, 100, 100),
            new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
                  map:THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture('images/earth.jpg'),
                  wireframe:true }));
      /*var geometry = new THREE.SphereGeometry(150, 100, 100);
         var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({wireframe:true});
         material.map=new THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture("images/earth.jpg");
         var sphere = new THREE.Mesh(geometry,sphere);
         sphere.overdraw = true;     YOU MAY WANT TO TRY THIS PART OF CODE SENIM BUT IT WON'T BE ANY GOOD EITHER*/
      scene.add(sphere);
      //animate();
      renderer.render(scene, camera);