dlm wrote:

> "Ekki Plicht" <df4### [at] webde> wrote in message
> news:422cc798@news.povray.org...
>>> Any other feedback would be greatly appreciated...
>>
>> On the moon you won't see any stars, at least as long as you are in the
>> sunshine like in your scene.

> How so?
> There is no atmosphere or scattering medium to occlude the stars,
> only the contraction of the iris to damp down incident photon flux.

I don't know if it is the contraction of the iris, AFAIK it's a matter of
dynamic range of the eye. The sunshine is simply to bright to see stars.


> Of course, in this theatre of the absurd, there are trees on the moon, so
> anything goes.;D

Of course :-) Nevertheless seeing some stars in the sky distracted me more
than the rest of the scene. 

Cheers,
Ekki

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