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  Re: Object visible with no light???  
From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Date: 31 Aug 2002 10:09:59
Message: <3d70ce37@news.povray.org>
Frantisek Fuka wrote:

> I was just trying out the PovRay tutorial and I rendered the very first
> scene before adding the light. To my amazement, the sphere is visible
> (although very dark yellow). If this is not a POVRAY error it seems to
> contradict my basic understanding of how raytracing works. How I can see
> ANYTHING if there is no light source in the scene???

  :)  ...look for "ambient" and "ambient_light" at the syntax reference. 



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Jaime Vives Piqueres

La Persistencia de la Ignorancia
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