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24 Apr 2024 03:19:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Sun thread?  
From: Warp
Date: 11 Jul 2001 18:52:37
Message: <3b4cd8b4@news.povray.org>
Eli Ewok Brody <ewo### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
: how
: far away the lightsource has to be to create parallel rays.

  Sunlight rays are not parallel because the Sun is an area light.

  See:
http://www.students.tut.fi/~warp/povVFAQ/misconceptions.html#simulatingsun

-- 
#macro N(D,I)#if(I<6)cylinder{M()#local D[I]=div(D[I],104);M().5,2pigment{
rgb M()}}N(D,(D[I]>99?I:I+1))#end#end#macro M()<mod(D[I],13)-6,mod(div(D[I
],13),8)-3,10>#end blob{N(array[6]{11117333955,
7382340,3358,3900569407,970,4254934330},0)}//                     - Warp -


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