Here's a quick tutorial to Blender. Show how to use Gradien Texture to model the earth with slices. The instructions are simple, easy to understand, and can be applied in many cases. Hope it is useful ...

Use Geometry Nodes to create particles, use node shader to partially cover the object and Use Modifier to create chaos of particles. Requires Blender version 2.9 or later Timestamp 00:00​ Introduction ...