On 07/25/2015 06:26 PM, Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> Most of you have probably seen the Pluto images from the
> New Horizons Flyby, in particular the full disk mosaic and the
> lookback atmospheric haze image (if not, time to head over to
> http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150724).
>
> This is a fake fly-around rendered in POV-Ray, a single image
> (not a global map) projected onto a sphere, and scattering media
> for the hazy atmosphere. Enjoy!
>
> And yes it is all a terrible hack (covering up problems at the
> terminator and fudging relative brighnesses) but looks nice :)

It does look nice - and thank you for the link to the press material!

Bill P.

Post a reply to this message