EMAIL: starbase1@cix.compulink.co.uk
     NAME: Nick Stevens
     TOPIC: Science Fiction
     COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
     RENDERER USED: Povray 3 for Windows
     TOOLS USED: Nothing Special (apart from graph paper) All by hand!
     RENDER TIME: 67 Minutes
     HARDWARE USED: Pentium 133 PC, Win 95
     IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
        The pod thingy that comes out of the big spaceship in 2001.
        I have simplified the arms as the original had 4 on each side,
        but that looked rather cluttered.
        Headlights have deliberately been given very short range to stop
        them messing up the lighting when used with other objects, as that
        did not seem to happen in the film! It was also hard to make the
        chrome look right, as there is nothing for it to reflect - I suspect
        Kubrick cheated a bit here...
        Produced with the aid of the excellent book 2001- Filming the
        future, which was a lotter better than the freeze frame on my video!
     DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
       The source code is included, and has extensive comments in it. I'll be
       happy to discuss further by email if anyone is interested!