EMAIL: alex@astro.queensu.ca
NAME: Alexander Duncan
TOPIC: Physics/Math
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Random Atom
COUNTRY: Canada
RENDERER USED: POVRay 3.01(PPC Macintosh)
TOOLS USED: pseudo-random number generator(included in POVRay)
RENDER TIME: Overnight
HARDWARE USED: Power Macintosh 8500/120

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: An atom against a starry(atommy?) background, spiffed up by cool texture FX.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: I used POVRay's random function heavily.  A bunch of randomly sized spheres are distributed randomly around a central point with random textures.  The electrons were generated by creating a randomly textured sphere at a random distance, rotated randomly with a randomly colored torus halo around it to signify it's orbit.  I know it isn't anything like a real atom, but it looks cool and serves to show how randomness can be an incredibly useful tool in raytracing.