// POV-Ray scene description
// Reflective sphere over a checkered plane under a blue sky

// Global settings
#version 3.7;
global_settings { assumed_gamma 1.0 }

// Camera setup
camera {
  location <0, 2, -5>
  look_at <0, 1, 0>
}

// Light source
light_source {
  <0, 10, -10>
  color rgb <1, 1, 1>
}

// Sky background
sky_sphere {
  pigment {
    gradient y
    color_map {
      [0.0 color rgb <0.6, 0.8, 1.0>] // Sky blue
      [1.0 color rgb <1.0, 1.0, 1.0>] // White
    }
  }
}

// Reflective sphere
sphere {
  <0, 1, 0>, 1 // Centered at <0, 1, 0> with radius 1
  texture {
    pigment { color rgb <1, 1, 1> }
    finish {
      reflection 1.0
      ambient 0.1
      diffuse 0.9
    }
  }
}

// Checkered plane
plane {
  y, 0 // Horizontal plane at y=0
  texture {
    pigment {
      checker color rgb <0.8, 0.8, 0.8>, color rgb <0.2, 0.2, 0.2>
      scale 1 // Scale of the checker pattern
    }
    finish {
      ambient 0.2
      diffuse 0.8
    }
  }
}