From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Terrestial marbles ...
Date: 24 Mar 2011 22:28:47
Message: <4d8bfddf@news.povray.org>
On 3/24/2011 17:38, Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> ... on a checkered plane. Sizes to scale, distances obviously not ;)
Love it!
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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Christian Froeschlin <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote:
> ... on a checkered plane. Sizes to scale, distances obviously not ;)
Beautiful! Mercury should be a steely though :)
From: Christian Froeschlin
Subject: Re: Terrestial marbles ...
Date: 25 Mar 2011 16:10:15
Message: <4d8cf6a7$1@news.povray.org>
Samuel Benge wrote:
> Beautiful!
Thank you!
> Mercury should be a steely though :)
In all cases the texture is an actual map of the planet. Visual
except for Venus (which uses a false-color radar altitude map).
Are you referring to the high iron content? I actually
forgot to mention that all glass marbles have a black
sphere embedded representing the iron core. This is
to scale but appears enlarged due to refraction.
In the case of mercury it leads to polished stone look
as the huge core prevents transparency and caustics. I'm
also not so happy with the moon. The latter is actually
quite transparent but due to its bland color appears
more like stone than glass anyway.
From: Christian Froeschlin
Subject: Re: Terrestial marbles ...
Date: 25 Mar 2011 16:29:25
Message: <4d8cfb25@news.povray.org>
Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> Samuel Benge wrote:>> Mercury should be a steely though :)> > In all cases the texture is an actual map of the planet. Visual> except for Venus (which uses a false-color radar altitude map).
Here is a detail view of the mercury marble (and w/o focal blur).
Christian Froeschlin <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote:
> Samuel Benge wrote:>> > Mercury should be a steely though :)>> In all cases the texture is an actual map of the planet. Visual> except for Venus (which uses a false-color radar altitude map).>> Are you referring to the high iron content?
Yeah.
> I actually> forgot to mention that all glass marbles have a black> sphere embedded representing the iron core. This is> to scale but appears enlarged due to refraction.
Ah, I see them now.
> In the case of mercury it leads to polished stone look> as the huge core prevents transparency and caustics. I'm> also not so happy with the moon. The latter is actually> quite transparent but due to its bland color appears> more like stone than glass anyway.
The moon looks pretty good, though my favorites are Venus and Mars :)
From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Terrestial marbles ...
Date: 26 Mar 2011 04:29:49
Message: <4d8da3fd$1@news.povray.org>
"Christian Froeschlin" <chr### [at] chrfrde> schreef in bericht
news:4d8be414@news.povray.org...
> ... on a checkered plane. Sizes to scale, distances obviously not ;)>
Like Einstein said: God is not playing dice... he is playing with marbles
:-)
I love this.
Thomas
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