On 18-8-2018 9:21, Stephen wrote:
> On 17/08/2018 12:24, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 17-8-2018 12:15, Stephen wrote:
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>>> What you say is so true.
>>> I wonder how fast and at what elevation the ring arch would converge 
>>> to a line.
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>> The attached image is one of my early tests of the true scale 
>> Ringworld model, with the shadow squares left out. It does not show 
>> the zenith but you can partly extrapolate. It shows nicely I think why 
>> the Ringworld is called the Arch by the natives.
>>
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> 
> I get a similar view. I did an animation tilting the camera to the 
> zenith. (The camera motion is not very good.)
> 
> https://youtu.be/hDSX1B8_8NI
> 

That looks how it is in reality :-)

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http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3C4c24a930%241%40news.povray.org%3E/

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>>>>> I remember it. :)
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>>>> Still one of my references where Ringworld-building is concerned.
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>>> No one's ever made a Discworld, have they?
>>>
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>> Not that I remember. I think I wanted to start once, intending to use 
>> elephant models of course, but it never got off the ground somehow.
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> 
> Making the topography would be interesting.
> 

And the rim. An interesting animation would be as viewed by the Fifth 
Elephant. :-

-- 
Thomas

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