"Slime" <slm### [at] slimelandcom> wrote in news:3d860c17@news.povray.org...
> > the sun is typically
> > located above the Earth's atmosphere.
>
> Yeah... usually. =)
>
> But It looks to me like the light is from above.
>
> > Your clouds look awesome when viewed from below.  From
> > the side, they are a little less awesome.  Is that some sort of
> > vertical stacking that is visible?
>
> He's using media sampling method 3, with a container that's probably just
> the intersection of two planes. Since method 3 samples at regular intervals,
> this makes the media look like it was made with the "stacked planes" method.
Yep, you're right.

> I suggest cutting the media containter into two or three separate
> containers, giving the farther ones better sampling parameters than the
> closer ones.
That's a good idea, i'll try that out for the next image.

>  - Slime
Greetings,
Thies

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