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"William Tracy" <wtr### [at] calpoly edu> wrote in message
news:463f82bf$1@news.povray.org...
> Now, a personal pet peeve: In space, there is no "ambient" light.
There's still light reflected off other objects, planets, other ships, etc
> There's no atmospheric scattering of light, so shadows are *black*. Take
> a look at a crescent moon, and you'll see what I mean.
Actually, even with a crescent moon, the parts unlit by the sun are
relativly bright, from light reflected off the nearly full earth.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070428.html
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