POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Planet WIP : Re: Planet WIP Server Time
31 Jul 2024 14:31:37 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Planet WIP  
From: Tek
Date: 21 Aug 2009 15:18:18
Message: <4a8ef2fa$1@news.povray.org>
"Mike Raiford" <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:4a8ed5d8$1@news.povray.org...
> Darren New wrote:
>
>> I'm curious what the white line around the continents is. If that's 
>> supposed to be surf, I think you're far too far away to see surf.
>
> I don't speak for Tek, but my guess is sandy beaches ...

Yep! In fact it's from the water-colour calculation, the more shallow the 
water the closer to that light-yellow colour it gets. If I have time I'll do 
something more like my earlier versions which had more variety in beaches 
and sea-floor materials.

-- 
Tek
http://evilsuperbrain.com


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