Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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> Mark Wagner wrote:
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> > If you have the heightfield for a moon/planet/asteroid/whatever, you can
use
> > an isosurface to directly create a spherical heightfield...
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> ...assuming you are running the patched version of POV-Ray called MegaPov.
> This feature is not available in the official version of POV-Ray.

And also, if it is a real heightfield of a real moon/planet, the height of
the elevations in relation to the overall size will be so small, that you
won't see anything in the render, so you can use a sphere to begin with :)
Of course, asteroids/whatevers are a different story...

Johannes.

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