Bill Pragnell nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2005-11-01 06:15:
> 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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If the surface gravity is aroung 1G and the air pressure at ground level is similar to
ours, then 
about 90% of that mountain is in vacuum! We have satellits orbiting at around 100 Km
over our heads, 
about 2h period if I'm not mistaking.
As a side tough, when you get close to the edges, you should have the impression of
climbing. You 
get a gravitational pull toward the midplane of the ring. As you move away from the
middle, there is 
more and more mass behind you, and less before you.

-- 
Alain
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Dogs crawl under gates, software crawls under Windows.

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