"David Fontaine" <dav### [at] faricynet> wrote in message
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> If the sun was a point light, the rays coming at Earth would form such a
tight
> (practically degenerate) cone that you might as well call them parallel

I'm going off on a tangent here but you made me think of a possible new
feature: converging ray spotlights.  Easily described as a spotlight which
shines in a direction opposite a regular spotlight, starting from a radius and
going to a point.  Wouldn't that be like previous suggestions for a arealight
in some way?  Light coming from an area and the "soft shadows" caused by
wrap-around light.  I'm almost certain this has been discussed before.
Well, this topic caught my attention.  Sorry if I interrupted.

Bob

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