"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > Well, both views are correct, I think. RL often doesn't live up to
> > imagination when you remember the revelation of the first photographs of
> > Jupiter's moons for instance, or the first really close-up photographs of
> > Mars. But happily, we are still entitled to artistic licence indeed!!
> > However, I think that, unconsciously, I would like to re-create RL in
> > POV-Ray!!  :-)
>
> I think cheating's OK in this sort of case. If the end result is
> indistinguishable from the rigorous version,


is the same apparent size?


underwhelming as seeing a pinprick and knowing it is a moon.

>what the hell. Planets in
> skies etc look like they're painted on the inside of a dome anyway. (hmm,
> sounds familiar...)



> With the Ringworld, the issue was that the structure itself was visible at
> all distances, and so couldn't be faked realistically. And, remember what I
> did to give it an atmosphere... :)
>

Give a link please, Bill. Old age has withered my memory


Stephen

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