TITLE: Star Rise on Narcissus, the Jewel Planet
NAME: Zien
COUNTRY: Singapore
EMAIL: bleah@mbox4.singnet.com.sg
TOPIC: Imaginary Worlds
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: crystal.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    RayDream 5.01

TOOLS USED: 
    Adobe Photoshop to my name & the date

RENDER TIME: 
    approx. 4 hrs

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium 166-MMX 64MB


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


Narcissus - Planet orbitting the star Gemini 3, discovered in 2404 by 
            astronomer-physicist Sharon Brone. Aptly named because of
            the sheer beauty of its terrain, mainly consisting of large
            well-formed, transparent zenite crystals. The planet has a
            mean diameter of 12834 km and a roughly circular orbit of 
            mean radius 1563000000 km.
            Scientists believe that the mineral zenite was able to 
            crystallize to form the huge crystals compositing the
            planet's landforms because of the very slow cooling of the
            crust.
            Oceans on Narcisuss are not filled with water, but by a 
            dense copper(II) complex vapour. The atmosphere is mainly 
            composed of the gases krypton and radon, and does not 
            support life. There are visibly clouds in the higher
            atmosphere, which precipitates zenite crystallite flakes
            under suitable atmospheric pressure. The crystalline "snow"
            then dissolves in the blue copper(II)complex vapour, to be
            recrystallized under colder, more suitable conditions.
            Such is the land-forming process on this planet. Erosion
            takes place when the planet is warmer while its orbit is
            closer to its sun and the zenite sublimes.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


This is a seriously simple piece of work, really, but with a great-
looking result!

It's a heightfield with rainbow colour, cellular bump-map, high 
transparency, medium reflectivity and high IOR. The vapour is justa
blue cloud primitive.
The spectrum is a group of spotlights and light cone applied. A 
fountain primitive provides the snow.