TITLE: Random Atom
NAME: Alexander Duncan
COUNTRY: Canada
EMAIL: alex@astro.queensu.ca
TOPIC: Physics/Math
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: randatom.jpg
ZIPFILE: randatom.zip
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.