If one continues to get interesting structures at many levels of
magnification, this meets one most basic definition of a fractal.

Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:

> I think this an interesting effect.
>
> Almost fractal isn't it ?
>
> See code below.
>
> Tor Olav
> --
> mailto:tor### [at] hotmailcom
> http://www.crosswinds.net/~tok/tokrays.html
>
> // ===== 1 ======= 2 ======= 3 ======= 4 ======= 5 ======= 6 ======= 7
> // Try rendering at different resolutions
> // with no AA (Anti Aliasing)
>
> #version 3.1;
>
> light_source { <0, 0, 0>, 1.5 }
>
> sphere {
>   <0, 0, 0>, 600 // Changing this radius gives different patterns
>   pigment {
>     gradient y
>     color_map {
>       [ 0.0 rgb <1, 0, 0> ]
>       [ 0.5 rgb <0, 1, 0> ]
>       [ 1.0 rgb <0, 0, 1> ]
>     }
>   }
> }
>
> camera {
>   location <1, 0, 0>
>   look_at <0, 0, 0>
>   angle 168 // Changing this angle also alters the patterns
> }
>
> // ===== 1 ======= 2 ======= 3 ======= 4 ======= 5 ======= 6 ======= 7
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]

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