"Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> wrote:

> is the same apparent size?


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

I was thinking of making it look as it is in reality, but without using the
exact dimensions and thus suffering accuracyitis in  POV-Ray. Either moving
it closer and making it smaller, or maybe even *actually* painting it on the
inside of a sky sphere, or whatever solution seems easiest!

On the other hand, there's nothing wrong with exaggerating for effect either
:-)

> > 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

Hopefully this'll fit in the window:
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3Cweb.4360929f30852916731f01d10@news.povray.org%3E/

Bill

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