"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlnet> wrote:
> "Bruno Cabasson" <bru### [at] alcatelaleniaspacefr> schreef in bericht
> news:web.43eb08c6cd6ad91582fc96790@news.povray.org...
> >
> > I agree with the strangeness of this atmospherical effect. Before the
> > current topic was known, I was experimenting atmosphere media for
> planetary
> > scenes. And once, I got this effect with highly directive scattering media
> > and found it interresting. The color is made by itself, no color_map...
> > With some other setting, it could be like an atomic explosion far away.
> >
> > And when the topic "ICE & Fire" got to be known, I decided to re-use it.
> We
> > are on a strange planet, and the strange star produces strange effects. My
> > work on it now is to put 2 or 3 additional objects strangely affected by
> > the rise of the star: the tree becomes 'ardent' with an aura, I will
> > probably put an ice-cristal  which comes to flames, and I'd like to put
> > something in the 'atmosphere'.
> >
>
> Hmm... yes, I like that. I don't know why this makes me think of a
> (probably?) nearly forgotten book: The House on the Borderland by William
> Hope Hodgson. See for instance: http://eserver.org/fiction/borderland/
> It does not relate to your scene really, but it describes some strange
> atmospheres in relation with a strange sun. It is rather a scarry book in
> fact.
>
> Thomas


Thanks for yor concern and interest. I have to work it further, and I'll
post he result as soon as I have something significant to show.

    Bruno

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