> I need to simulate a glowing gem. Now I know we cant get things to glow on
> their own and there is something called radiosity that can simulate this.
I
> have never used radiosity before though. The object in question is just a
> simple blue sphere. what coding can I put to make it simulate glowing?
> Thanks for any help.

Although radiosity can be used with a high ambient value to cause an object
to emit light, it's probably better to just use an actual light_source with
the looks_like keyword. To make the sphere itself appear bright, you can use
a high ambient value or emission media; this was recently discussed briefly
in the thread "Grr... I want it to GLOW!!!" in povray.newusers.

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