"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht
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> That's really good. I think it looks better than anything I managed. I
might
> have to dig out my code - we can have a Ring-off!
>
Thank you! And this is just a quick construction without any sophisticated
stuff!

> One point, however: to my mind, the shadowed areas of the arch should be
the
> same colour as the sky - just like the shadowed areas of the moon in our
> sky during daylight. The lit areas of the ring would probably not cast
that
> much light - certainly less than the earthlight cast onto the moon.
>
I agree. And Larry Niven imlies that the arch is invisible during daylight.
In my scene the arch is visible because there is no real atmospheric haze in
this scene, so the arch is viewed as if there were no atmosphere at all. The
blue sky here is faked. But this is the next step to solve indeed.

> Otherwise, keep 'em coming!
>
Hope to!

Thomas

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