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  Re: absolute reflection?  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 28 Apr 1999 12:29:14
Message: <3727294a.0@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 17:14:31 +0200, Anders Haglund wrote:
>Hi everybody.
>
>I just wondered if povray can do absolute reflections? you know, when light
>goes from a dense medium to a less dense medium in a high angle the light
>bends so much it becomes a reflection instead of a refraction... If it
>doesn't support it... well, then it should because it's no hard math and
>it's pretty common...

I think when I learned this concept they called it "Total Internal Reflection."
If it's the same thing you're thinking of, then yes it is supported.


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