in povray.binaries.images, "Lance Birch" <-> says...
> The clouds look right, but they still appear to be raised out of the sphere.
> I'd say this is because you're moving the sphere with the camera, which
> distorts the effect.  You need to keep the sphere in the same position, and
> the camera look_at position the same, but move only the camera to get the
> right effect.

This could just be true. If you move the sphere with the camera, and the 
clouds are far away with respect to the distance camera-sphere, the 
reflected clouds could seem to lie flat on the sphere's surface. (?)
And: there wouldn't be much 3D in the clouds themselves, I think.

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Regards,  Sander

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