# Sky Atmosphere material rendering Black

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/sky-atmosphere-material-rendering-black/495361>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** Sky, Atmospheric-Fog, unreal-engine, Lighting\
**Created:** [February 7, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/sky-atmosphere-material-rendering-black/495361 "2022-02-07T17:07:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jasjot\_Singh](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Jasjot\_Singh](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Jasjot_Singh)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/sky-atmosphere-material-rendering-black/495361/1 "2022-02-07T17:07:40Z")

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Hey everyone. So I am trying to recreate a simple sky atmosphere material as shown in this video [Exploring the depths of the new Sky & Atmosphere system | Unreal Engine - YouTube](https://youtu.be/SeNM9zBPLCA?t=680) . However, upon applying the material to a sphere, it only ever renders as Black.

Im not sure what I am doing incorrectly. I have a directional light and a skylight in the scene. The material has “is sky” checked and is set up as opaque and unlit.

Insight is appreciated as resources on this seem to be limited

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**Author:** ![Arkiras](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/arkiras/32/1008648_2.png) [@Arkiras](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Arkiras)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/sky-atmosphere-material-rendering-black/495361/2 "2022-02-08T03:50:51Z")

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Do you have a directional light in the scene that has Atmosphere Sunlight enabled?

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**Author:** ![Jasjot\_Singh](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Jasjot\_Singh](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Jasjot_Singh)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/sky-atmosphere-material-rendering-black/495361/3 "2022-02-10T16:56:30Z")

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I do, yes

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**Author:** ![Arkiras](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/arkiras/32/1008648_2.png) [@Arkiras](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Arkiras)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/sky-atmosphere-material-rendering-black/495361/4 "2022-02-10T19:40:17Z")

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Post your material