Orthographic

This is a perspective projection like the general perspective, but with the difference that the point of perspective lies in infinite distance. It is therefore often used to give the appearance of a globe viewed from outer space, were one hemisphere can be seen as a whole. It is neither conformal nor equal-area and the distortion increases near the edges.

glon0/lat0[/horizon]/scale or Glon0/lat0[/horizon]/width

lon0/lat0 specifies the projection center, the optional parameter horizon specifies the max distance from projection center (in degrees, <= 90, default 90)

Out:

<IPython.core.display.Image object>

import pygmt

fig = pygmt.Figure()
fig.coast(projection="G10/52/4.5i", region="g", frame="g", land="gray")
fig.show()