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8 Jul 2024 07:17:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Spinner colony (again)  
From: Alain
Date: 22 Feb 2015 13:39:23
Message: <54ea225b$1@news.povray.org>
Le 15-02-18 01:17, Mike Horvath a écrit :
> I have curved the solar panels and agridomes. They look a lot more sleek
> now.
>
> I am also still working on a solution for the viewport flickering. I've
> at least reduced it somewhat by making the spindles in the outer shell
> thinner. I don't like how this looks, but maybe adding a few more curves
> here and there will make it look better.
>
> Lastly, I'm still trying to figure out how to reflect sunlight onto the
> agridomes. I'm considering a paraboloid directly "above" them (from the
> standpoint of someone standing inside the agridome), but space is tight.

To reflect light to the agridomes, a set of flat mirors is probably the 
best solution.
You don't realy need to concentrate the light, there is no athmosphere 
filtering it.
It's easier to orient flat mirors as needed depending on your 
orientation relative to the sun or nearest star.


Alain


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