Here's a render of the cloud evolution from the point of view of a satellite
:)

I've improved the textures so they look good close-up. Much finer detail on
the turbulence of the clouds, and a sharper normal on the ground.

I'll post the source in p.b.s-f shortly...

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Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com


"Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote in message
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> I cooked this up during my lunch break today, it's a cheap way to render a
> planet. It takes only about 10 seconds to render each frame at 512x384.
This
> is 'cause it's done entirely with textures on a sphere :) no iso surfaces
or
> media.
>
> The cloud evolution is done by offsetting the cloud texture and turbulence
> by a vector dependant on time.
>
> Comments and suggestions for how to improve it are welcome :)
>
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> Tek
> http://www.evilsuperbrain.com
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