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29 Jul 2024 14:22:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Aliens are coming!  
From: Alain
Date: 11 Mar 2015 23:11:07
Message: <550103cb@news.povray.org>

> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> Aliens are reported on a daily basis, in particular on YouTube. However,
>> and invariably, they are shaky, blurred, indistinct things. Only the
>> POV-Ray telescope is able to show alien ships in all their pristine
>> splendour coming to us from deep space.
>> --
>> Thomas
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> that is a very good start indeed, but I see some options for improvements.
> First, the structure looks great, but too many areas are lost in the shadows.
> This seems to be a general problem with space scenes, since one has only one
> light source (star) close by. May be a binary star can solve this. The orbiter
> can still have a different color in this case. The second issue is the engine
> glow. IMO it should have more turbulence at the edges. Otherwise really great.
>
> Best regards,
> Michael
>
>

I can't think of any source of turbulence in the vacuum of space.
Once the gas/plasma leave the engines *realy, realy* fast, each of it's 
particles goes in a straight line, mostly indepently from the others.

Alain


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