Anthony D. Baye wrote:

> 
> Maybe a job for MegaPOV's Mechanics Simulator?  I have almost no Idea 
> how you'd do it, but It's at least worth looking into.
> 
> Sorry I couldn't help more.
> 
> A.D.B.

Thanx for the suggestion.  After a few days digging through the pov-ray 
help file I've come to the conclusion that what I want to do is probably 
not possible with povray, at least not with my current poving abilities...

However, I think I may have found a way around my problem.  I tried 
mapping a picture of the earth onto my cell, and when I used the blob 
technique to get me effect, the result looked quite good.  After a bit 
of thought I've come to the conclusion that the reason why image mapping 
didn't work the first time was due to the fact that I was using an image 
of one side of the cell, rather then a "wrap-around", and this is why 
things got so distorted.

So now all I need to do is find a way to "unwrap" my cell, such that I 
have an image which goes all the way around the cell.  If anyone has any 
good ideas of how to do this please let me know ;-)

Bryan

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