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23 Apr 2024 22:48:22 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Crossing Border - Take #1  
From: Stephen
Date: 4 Jun 2018 05:26:49
Message: <5b1505d9$1@news.povray.org>
On 03/06/2018 12:24, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 3-6-2018 9:24, Stephen wrote:

>>
>> The striations on either side of the valley look different. Is that a 
>> hint to scale?
> 
> They are two different things and both are present on both sides, only 
> in the shadows the finer striation is less pronounced. The colour 
> banding can be seen as changes of sediment composition over time; the 
> finer, tabular, striations represent the lithification process of the 
> sequence, also over time but on an even larger time scale than the former.
> 
> As this last striation is a normal, it is less visible in the shadows, 
> although normal is 'on' in the radiosity block.
> 


That's what I thought I was seeing but explained well.
I like the effect as I said. It gives a sense of scale.

-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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