Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Both superb renders, but I particularly like the first one - very close to an
> actual orbital photo.

  One thing which makes it so realistic is that stars are not visible.
(Stars are not visible in actual orbital photos because the exposure
time of the camera has been set to photograph the brightly-sunlit
satellite/Earth, rather than the stars, which are much, much fainter.)

  This is the first space rendering that I can remember that uses this
level of realism. Usually space renderings go the unrealistic Hollywood way.

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