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> Has anyone already defined a decent light source for a fire,
> or torch that they think is good, and would work?  I'd
> appreciate any help!

Yeap, I'm working on some explosions/missiles/gun-fire right now.

One of tricks You mght find usefull:

sphere { 0 10 media { ambient ...   turbulence 0.1 } } - the fire

and now:

sphere { 0 10*2
  pigment { ... }   finish { ambient 0.3 }   	
  no_image no_reflection no_shadow
}

the second sphere, if rendered in MegaPov 1.1 - generates _only_ radiosity 
data. It could be used for example to better lighten a big room, there is a 
better chance for radiosity-ray to hit the "bounding" sphere and therefore 
to generate light, while with low count-quality some rays may not hit the 
smaller sphere and generate unwanted radiosity errors.


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Computer Graphics

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