EMAIL: a.o.rappard@cfi.nl NAME: Adriaan Rappard TOPIC: Decay COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. TITLE: Nuclear decay COUNTRY: Netherlands RENDERER USED: Povray 3.5 TOOLS USED: Moray 3.3 (modelling) and Microsoft photo editor (JPG conversion) RENDER TIME: 1 hour 20 minutes HARDWARE USED: Pentium-4 1.6 Ghz 256MB IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Since nuclear waste is said to decay over time my idea was to model a sunken nuclear submarine at the bottom of the ocean and have some remaining nuclear activity shine through the holes and cracks in the hull. This proved difficult and i didn't seem to be able to get the lighting right. The image looked a lot better when i moved the objects above water and i ended up with the submarine rotting away half above water. Since i wanted to do an image with some dramatic lighting effects and i think it turned out rather well. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: I started modelling the ocean floor and water tying to get a nice underwater feel when looked at from below the surface and placed some objects on the bottom. I had hoped to get some nice caustic effects both on the sand and on the objects but this proved rather difficult. I continued by modelling the submarine and the 'ripped' texture (which suggests a worn cover over a support structure) and it just looked a great deal better above water than under water. I decided to finish the submarine above water and added the reef and landing. Finally i added the landing lights and atmospheric effects.