Hi,
I'm looking for a way to create lightning for an animation I am creating.

What I want is to have the fork-type lightning near the main object of the
scene.  The lightning frame will be interpolated between the animation
frames to cause it to appear to "flash".
I have managed to create a fair depiction (below) using a sphere and
color_map but would like one with a more branched or forked look.

sphere { <0, -25, 0>, 31
   inverse
   pigment {
      marble
      turbulence 2.9
      colour_map {
        [0.0, 0.95   color Clear  color Clear]
        [0.95, 0.975   color Clear  color Clear]
        [0.975, 1.001 color Yellow  color White]
      }
      scale 325
   }
   finish {
      ambient 1
      diffuse 0
   }
}

Any ideas how I might accomplish that?

Thanks in advance.

dicdoc

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