> Thanks for the comments! I've rendered a few variations with some slightly 
> improved materials & lighting.
> 
> 
> "somebody" <x### [at] ycom> wrote in message news:4a553a85$1@news.povray.org...
>> Not bad, but a little too fractal, telltale CG.
> 
> Yeah good point, I might try layering in some low-frequency pattern to give 
> a bit of a tectonic plate feel to things.
> 
> 

> news:4a55e1a3@news.povray.org...
>> you also should take into account the gradual change of vegetation
>> towards the poles - an island of lush green enclosed by polar sea ice
>> is highly unbelievable, one would instead expect pale greenish-gray
>> tundra there (spotted with small lakes from recent glaciation)!
> 
> Good suggestion, I've already got the green transitioning to a desert near 
> the equator so doing something similar near the poles would make sense. 
> Though the problem with a lot of photos of earth from space is they've been 
> colour corrected, and the main thing I'm trying for is to create something 
> that looks realistic when it has an atmosphere on it.
>

If you look at our planet, you'll notice that deserts are not present at 
the equator, but occupy 2 belts sadling the tropical lines. There are 
more deserts in the temperate regions than under the tropics.
The equator itself is prety green. The greenest parts of Africa sits 
across the equator.



Alain

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