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29 Jul 2024 16:29:37 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Crescent Moon in daylight.  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 12 Jan 2011 03:13:55
Message: <4d2d62c3$1@news.povray.org>
"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
news:web.4d2c7d03db8fc2836dd25f0b0@news.povray.org...
> I've done this before. Put your moon and light source outside a 
> semitransparent,
> hollow, no_shadow sky sphere, with a black background. If using radiosity, 
> make
> sure the outer texture of the sphere is set to opaque black (unless you 
> want the
> shadowed side of the moon to be brightly earthlit!)

...and that works perfectly!

I put a little example code in povray.text.scene-files

Thomas


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