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> "Wald" <arn### [at] n-o_s-p-a-magrkuleuvenacbe> wrote in message
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> > The lighting pattern that the water waves cause on the bottom sand,
> > appear too uniform in this picture, IMHO. They seem too parallel, like
> > a bunch of sine waves with the same period and amplitude. I notice
> > some variation here and there, but the overall look is uniform to me.
> >
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> Actually, the pattern you are seeing is the ocean floor (an iso-surface).
I'm
> not quite sure why the crest of each ridge gets highlighted quite so much,
> although nor am I convinced that such lighting is unrealistic.

I found such lighting very unrealistic. It seems as if the water has waves
in only one dimension, which in a general oceanic environment, is virtually
impossible.

However, I must say I'm utterly impressed by the corals.

Fernando.

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