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4 Nov 2026 11:19:27 EST (-0500)
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From: VAXHeadroom
Subject: Planetary Orbit animations
Date: 25 Oct 2026 18:30:00
Message: <web.6ade8255f8381ef0781a1e6778eb0e0f@news.povray.org>
I originally made these in the spring of 2020 when most folks had to start
working from home to be used as 'zoom' backgrounds.  They are correct in
lighting, orientation, scale, and the star fields are correctly oriented...  The
animations last 15 minutes and smoothly repeat.  The planet and star maps are
from NASA (thus public domain).
Enjoy :)

Mercury:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ssvKkKvtaCaCPHpCVfH0f-KE_0GqDwor/view?usp=drive_link
Mars:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DJcAF0WGVCbpJMQHiGkeiAij6MOIuHW_/view?usp=drive_link
Moon:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VxH66_HTzheA4CtLENkT0ztowcpj3-Gu/view?usp=drive_link


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From: Antoine79
Subject: Re: Planetary Orbit animations
Date: 26 Oct 2026 01:58:55
Message: <6adeec1f@news.povray.org>
Le 25/10/2026 à 23:27, VAXHeadroom a écrit :
> I originally made these in the spring of 2020 when most folks had to start
> working from home to be used as 'zoom' backgrounds.  They are correct in
> lighting, orientation, scale, and the star fields are correctly oriented...  The
> animations last 15 minutes and smoothly repeat.  The planet and star maps are
> from NASA (thus public domain).
> Enjoy :)
> 
> Mercury:
>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ssvKkKvtaCaCPHpCVfH0f-KE_0GqDwor/view?usp=drive_link
> Mars:
>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DJcAF0WGVCbpJMQHiGkeiAij6MOIuHW_/view?usp=drive_link
> Moon:
>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VxH66_HTzheA4CtLENkT0ztowcpj3-Gu/view?usp=drive_link

Cool. ;-D
Just one question... Did you used any normal map for the rotating planets ?

Sorry for my english, I'm french.


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From: VAXHeadroom
Subject: Re: Planetary Orbit animations
Date: 26 Oct 2026 09:20:00
Message: <web.6adf53154cc93d4d3a9492bb78eb0e0f@news.povray.org>
Antoine79 <ant### [at] orangefr> wrote:
> Le 25/10/2026 à 23:27, VAXHeadroom a écrit :
> > I originally made these in the spring of 2020 when most folks had to start
> > working from home to be used as 'zoom' backgrounds.  They are correct in
> > lighting, orientation, scale, and the star fields are correctly oriented...  The
> > animations last 15 minutes and smoothly repeat.  The planet and star maps are
> > from NASA (thus public domain).
> > Enjoy :)
> >
> > Mercury:
> >
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ssvKkKvtaCaCPHpCVfH0f-KE_0GqDwor/view?usp=drive_link
> > Mars:
> >
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DJcAF0WGVCbpJMQHiGkeiAij6MOIuHW_/view?usp=drive_link
> > Moon:
> >
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VxH66_HTzheA4CtLENkT0ztowcpj3-Gu/view?usp=drive_link
>
> Cool. ;-D
> Just one question... Did you used any normal map for the rotating planets ?
>
> Sorry for my english, I'm french.

No normals, just the image maps.
-- Emory


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From: m@b
Subject: Re: Planetary Orbit animations
Date: 26 Oct 2026 22:10:00
Message: <web.6ae006d04cc93d4de371e010d568493a@news.povray.org>
"VAXHeadroom" <emo### [at] untiedmusiccom> wrote:
> I originally made these in the spring of 2020 when most folks had to start
> working from home to be used as 'zoom' backgrounds.  They are correct in
> lighting, orientation, scale, and the star fields are correctly oriented...  The
> animations last 15 minutes and smoothly repeat.  The planet and star maps are
> from NASA (thus public domain).
> Enjoy :)
>
> Mercury:
>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ssvKkKvtaCaCPHpCVfH0f-KE_0GqDwor/view?usp=drive_link
> Mars:
>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DJcAF0WGVCbpJMQHiGkeiAij6MOIuHW_/view?usp=drive_link
> Moon:
>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VxH66_HTzheA4CtLENkT0ztowcpj3-Gu/view?usp=drive_link

Very nice.

Here's mine on a similar theme:
<https://youtu.be/GyqQolOK_qI?si=BT3X1dbQJc9y9_0J>


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From: VAXHeadroom
Subject: Re: Planetary Orbit animations
Date: 26 Oct 2026 23:20:00
Message: <web.6ae0181e4cc93d4db40f97b7c04d41a@news.povray.org>
"m@b" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "VAXHeadroom" <emo### [at] untiedmusiccom> wrote:
> > I originally made these in the spring of 2020 when most folks had to start
> > working from home to be used as 'zoom' backgrounds.  They are correct in
> > lighting, orientation, scale, and the star fields are correctly oriented...  The
> > animations last 15 minutes and smoothly repeat.  The planet and star maps are
> > from NASA (thus public domain).
> > Enjoy :)
> >
> > Mercury:
> >
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ssvKkKvtaCaCPHpCVfH0f-KE_0GqDwor/view?usp=drive_link
> > Mars:
> >
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DJcAF0WGVCbpJMQHiGkeiAij6MOIuHW_/view?usp=drive_link
> > Moon:
> >
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VxH66_HTzheA4CtLENkT0ztowcpj3-Gu/view?usp=drive_link
>
> Very nice.
>
> Here's mine on a similar theme:
> <https://youtu.be/GyqQolOK_qI?si=BT3X1dbQJc9y9_0J>

That's really nice!  Very cinematic!
-- Emory


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