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  Re: Caustics, caustics...  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 18 Mar 1999 17:47:06
Message: <36f1826a.0@news.povray.org>
Hmph. It does work! Both the refraction and the caustics look completely
different... But why? Total internal reflection?

Margus

Margus Ramst wrote in message <36f115e9.0@news.povray.org>...
>
>I can't see why it should be better. Surely the reverse holds true in
>nature. In raytracing terms - overlap or not, the surfaces are nearly
>coincident so the change in reflection/refraction vectors should be
>negligible. And I have gotten correct results with the liquid smaller than
>the glass.
>Anyway, I'll try. But if this works better, I'd like to know why...
>
>Margus
>
>


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