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  Re: A Lighthouse ~90kB  
From: Jerry
Date: 8 Mar 2000 10:51:22
Message: <jerry-C323E6.07505908032000@news.povray.org>
In article <38C5DA79.FA1CC889@ecs.csus.edu>, Paul Swagerty 
<swa### [at] ecscsusedu> wrote:

>Another thing that bothers me about the image is the clean line between
>the ocean and the sky. It seems too artificial

I like to use huge spheres instead of planes if I'm going to have a wide 
horizon. You don't need much of a curve, just a little bit, to make 
things look much nicer in that respect. I don't know your scale, but 
something like:

sphere {
   <0,-20000,0>,20000
   texture { whatever }
}

Jerry


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