I've uploaded a smattering of in-game shots of the planet textures MasterChiToes has been working on:
http://fqm5.spaceempires.net/gpt.php
What do you think? Note that the glow effects on each planet correspond with the actual atmosphere, and I tried to match texture colors to the atms. in an appropriate manner.
You can try them out for yourself with the Dev version of FQM, available here:
http://fqm5.spaceempires.net/dev.php
For reference, see this thread:
http://www.spaceempires5.com/en-US/node/4644