This is more of a conceptual image to me than anything else. I wanted - 
among other things - to explore 3dclouds.inc.

It may surprise you to read that the lower half of the image rendered in 
about one hour while the upper half took about... 48 hours, or more as I 
rendered that part in blocks using Continue. Despite the fact that the 
clouds and the (media) atmosphere do not mix: they are separate objects. 
/That/ would have been even more speed killing. Rendered separately 
(clouds or media) the image renders within a couple of hours.

I guess that the cloud build-up (here 50 planes) is the basic culprit.

Nonetheless, you may or may not appreciate the scene ;-)

-- 
Thomas

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