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7 Aug 2024 05:21:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Rings cutting atmosphere phenomenon  
From: EagleSun
Date: 29 May 2006 10:55:00
Message: <web.447b0af0f93ecc724de801770@news.povray.org>
Tim Nikias <JUS### [at] gmxnetWARE> wrote:
> > WHOAH! No wonder... I would never have thought of it... but why?
> When > I tried it, I got this.... (see image)
>
> Looks fine to me: shadow from the planet onto the rings, from the rings
> onto the planet... If there's anything wrong with that, add some
> no_shadow keywords. Or, if you're spotting some other problem through
> those various layers of objects and their media-hulls, try raising
> max_trace_level.
>
> Regards,
> Tim

Oh... it looks great to me too..... all I mean is... why did "hollow on"
work so well?  And why did "hollow off" cut away the atmosphere?  Just
trying to learn POV-Ray...


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