Hey, then you know of the rocket (I think) at the I-65 freeway visitors center
(rest stop) on the southbound side.  I can actually see that one too, it's
almost blocked by a closer hill.  That same type rocket (identical?) is just
like the other one there at S&R Center which I could only see the top part of
since it's a much smaller rocket.  The space shuttle on display there is
completely hidden from view because of it lying down instead of standing up.
This one I rendered was put on display last summer for those who don't know
about it.

Bob

"Jay Raney" <jay### [at] usitnet> wrote in message news:38B7B12B.A45A388A@usit.net...
| Hi Bob,
| I did know what to expect from the subject line, as I live aprox 40 miles away
from
| the Space & Rocket Center, in Tennessee. Its one of my favorite places to
visit.
| Your render looks remarkably accurate. I hope to get a good telescope one of
these
| days. :)
|
| Jay Raney
|
| Bob Hughes wrote:
|
| > I was taking some digital camera pictures through my telescope recently and
| > thought that it would be a great thing to try and duplicate in POV-Ray.  The
air
| > turbulence and haze and general telescopic appearance seemed perfect to try
and
| > mimic.
| > I had taken both night-time (never got one that looked bright enough) and
| > day-time photos with a 640x480 resolution camera through the eyepiece (yes,
the
| > eyepiece) of a 4" SCT scope of 1200 focal length and 18mm lens, making for a
67
| > power magnification.
| > Anyway, these two renders are surprisingly similar to what I could see with
my
| > eyes but not quite what turned out on the camera.  So you can see for
yourselves
| > the attachments are both real and raytraced, you'll just have to believe me
when
| > I say POV-Ray did much closer to the real thing than the photos did.
| > BTW, the photos were reduced in size by half to get rid of the ugly
pixelization
| > and I post-processed the renders to add some ugliness-- I meant
photographic--
| > look to them  :-)
| >
| > Bob
| > --
| > omniVerse http://users.aol.com/persistenceofv/all.htm
| >
| >  [Image]
| >
| >  [Image]
|

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