Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Right, thanks to DKB's precision-tweaking, here's a more accurate Ringworld.
> The camera is now a mere mile (about 5000ft) above the ring floor, and the
> clouds are ten miles up (still a little high, I know, but close enough).
> The view is from roughly halfway to the rim from the ring midplane, as
> evidenced by the appearance of the arch (Thomas, I agree, this angle is
> much more dramatic!).
> 
> Also in the foreground (relatively speaking - it's still over 15,000 miles
> away!) is Fist-Of-God mountain, approx 1000 miles high.
> 
> I'm pretty happy with this, although I might tweak the clouds a little: the
> shiny scrith peak of the mountain is slightly obscured, and the immediate
> foreground is in shadow. Any comments or criticism welcomed!
> 
> Render time: ~3 hours, mostly the mountain isosurfaces.
> 
> Bill
> 
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Nice picture.

Chris Cason says he'll include my change in the next beta version of 
POV-Ray.

David Buck

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