EMAIL:swl7m@virginia.edu
NAME:Stephen Lavedas
TOPIC:Science Fiction
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RENDERER USED:Povray 3
TOOLS USED:Povlab 4 beta 10
RENDER TIME:unknown
HARDWARE USED:6x86 166+ w/32mgs
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
        This is my idea of what one might see as they approach either light
speed, or a
time warp (sorta related) the middle is the event horizon approaching and
appearing to
distort space-time.  I assume that as we approach light speed, we would see more
light as
we accelerate toward stars etc, accounting for the bright center and the
distortion along
the sides


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

        Everything was modeled in Povlab.  the tori are gold, the cylinders on
the outside
are brushed aluminum, everything is contained in a large cylinger with a fire
pattern as 
a background.  The distortion in the center is a hemisphere of glass and the
blue pattern 
behind it is a sphere with the texture electricity.  Another cylinder surrounds
the glass 
comes back past the camera with the texture lightning2.  Placing the light
between the 
camera and the hemisphere creates the bright spot in the middle.  Around the
outside edge 
are boxes placed just for effect textured in silver.  Ellipses with the texture
electricity
are placed at random junctures between tori and cylinders