This just keeps getting better and better.  My suggestion (worth every 
penny) would be to scrap the undersea section, extend the water to the 
bottom of the picture, and add some icebergs or a frozen shoreline. 
You've just about got the "fire" part working but I think the "ice" part 
needs work.

Awesome picture!

Tek wrote:
> Well I've been putting a lot of work into the volcano, though I've hardly 
> touched anything else in the scene. As you can see I've incorporated a lot 
> of the great suggestions from folks round here, thanks everyone! The only 
> problems I have with the volcano now are: it's still too dark - I didn't 
> realise until after this lengthy render, and there's lava touching snow in 
> the foreground which is obviously complete nonsense! Next I'm going to work 
> on the smoke and under-sea area.
> 
> My favourite bit in this is the lava rivers, which work using a really 
> simplistic particle system that basically rolls a particle down the volcano 
> leaving a trail of blobs behind it. Slight adjustments to the start position 
> and random seed make it take radically different paths, which actually looks 
> pretty realistic.
> 
> Anyway I thought I'd post this for further comments, and so you can see how 
> much better it's got!
> 
>

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