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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
> "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!
Accuracyitis, I love it :-)
> 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/
>
I remember it now, of course. Did you ever finish your ring world using
Stephen
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