I have been playing around recently with the idea of creating skies made
entirely with fog. The attached image is done using a constant fog for
the dark blue part of the sky and a ground fog for the light part at the
horizon.
But why do this?
The big advantage is having objects naturally fade into the sky with
distance. A few days ago someone was asking how to get the dark side of
the moon to fade into the sky and have the light part stand out. Many of
the responses involved matching the ambient of the moon to the same
colour as the sky (or maybe I misread something). The method in this
image is probably more accurate and I think it looks more realistic. The
dark side naturally fades into the sky if it is truly dark.
Also, this is probably a more accurate representation of the sky than
the blue background/ground fog method. It would seem that this would
simulate the effects of the atmosphere more accurately.

I think that's enough talk for now, I'm working on a tutorial on the use
of fog for a range of atmospheric effects based on the discussions in
this group. I expect to be able to find the time to do it either in mid
June or early July.
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