POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Moon : Re: Moon Server Time
10 Aug 2024 15:23:29 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Moon  
From: Matt Giwer
Date: 11 Jan 2000 07:18:03
Message: <387BC84F.5662B8C6@ij.net>
Andrea Ryan wrote:

> Hello,
> I am trying to make a picture of the Earth and the Moon.  One POV unit
> equals one mile.  The Moon is something like 250000 miles from the
> origin and it is nothing but a tiny, gray speck.  When the camera is
> near the Moon, the Earth looks small too.  Is there a limit on how far
> apart objects can be?  I might have one POV unit equal to 100 or 1000
> miles.

    Long time ago on images I posted renderings of the space elevartor
with the ring around the earth. I have earth and moon in it. It appears
realistic to me. Try searching under fountain for the threads.


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