Right, but then it was indistinguishable from just a bozo pigment. I had to
lift the mountains enough for them to throw noticeable shadows before it
looked anything but flat.

Remember, often the appearance of reality is more important than the reality
of the appearance.

"Rick" <pov### [at] dialpipexcom> wrote in message
news:3870b860@news.povray.org...
> the hills are to extreme, dont forget that the earth from space appears
> almost perfectly flat, maybe if they were about 1/3rd as pronounced it
would
> look perfect
>
> Rick
>
> "Bill DeWitt" <the### [at] earthlinknet> wrote in message
> news:38704969@news.povray.org...
> >
> > "H.E. Day" <mil### [at] teleportcom> wrote :
> > > isosurface {
> > > function {
> > > Base(x,y,z)+Moonlikebumps(x,y,z)*.2
> > >
> >
> >     This is lots of fun! I suspect that we will see some much better
> planets
> > in the next few weeks. Here's my first try.
> >
> >     I am working on some texture_maps to improve this.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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