TITLE: A Sandrise NAME: Ralph Roberts COUNTRY: U.S. EMAIL: ralph@abooks.com WEBPAGE: http://ralph.nuoj.com TOPIC: Desert COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: fardeser.jpg RENDERER USED: Pov Ray RENDER TIME: abt 5 minutes HARDWARE USED: PC, 1.8 GHz IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Dr. Fred C. Fingerhoffer's concept and implementation of stacking the world's deserts into vast "sandrises" seemed, at first, to please everyone. Developers loved all the new areas now open for building; environmentalists were delighted that their beloved sand dunes were preserved; explorers enjoyed wandering the trackless wastes mostly in SHADE. The accolade for Dr. Fingerhoffer continued unabated until, of course, the Great Sandstorm of 2087.