Nathan Kopp wrote:

> Yes, you can do this.  Go to povray.binaries.images and check out my message
> titled "Media cloudscape revisited" (10/5/98).  The original image was by Mike
> Andrews.  His message was "A media cloudscape ..." (9/28/98), and his code can
> be found in povray.text.scene-files in the message "Media clouds." (9/29/98). I
> posted two sunset images that both look pretty good.
>
> A word of caution:  These scenes take a long time to generate.
>
> If you want my modified version of Mike's scene, let me know (I hope he doesn't
> care).
>

No, I don't care :-)

I hope some more people get interested in using media for atmospheric effects,
especially they find a faster way to do it!

    Bye,
        Mike Andrews.

> -Nathan
>
> dave wrote:
> >
> > Is there any way to simulate the earths atmosphere in order to produce
> > realistic sunsets and how is the sun itself done?
> >
> > for example:     if the sun is near the horizon the sky turns red if it is
> > up higher
> >                            the sky is blue.
> >
> > -Dave

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