rco### [at] yahoocom (ryan constantine) wrote in
<39588F3E.DF1AB860@yahoo.com>: 
>ambient is zero.  the one light source is a circular 3by3 area light
>with orient on. there is no light behind the planet.  radiosity was on. 
>nearly all of the pictures i've seen lately of our planet show faint
>details on the dark side just like the small pic from first contact.  i

  Um, if you're basing this on real life, don't forget that the moon is a 
very big secondary source of light.  Plenty of light to illuminate clouds, 
maybe enough to show a reflection of the moon in the ocean if nothing else 
in the shot washes it out.  The CGI movie shots you mention probably took 
that into account.

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Rich Allen
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