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Example file (mediasky.pov):

// Persistence of Vision Raytracer Version 3.5 Scene Description File
// File: mediasky.pov
// Author: Chris Huff
// Description: This file demonstrates the use of scattering media
// to create a sky with clouds. It attempts to simulate an actual
// atmosphere: there is an outer shell of media that scatters blue
// light, and an inner cloud shell that scatters white. The scattered
// light from the outer shell makes the sky appear blue, and the light
// that passes through is tinted orange by its passage, giving the
// clouds an orange color.
//
//*******************************************

#include "colors.inc"

#version 3.5;

global_settings {
assumed_gamma 1
max_trace_level 5
}

#declare CamPos = <-5, 1,-25>;

camera {
location CamPos
up y right x*16/9//use 16:9 aspect ratio
look_at < 0, 7.5, 0>
angle 90
}

light_source {CamPos, color Gray30 media_interaction off}
//light_source {vrotate(z, <-1, 8, 0>)*500000, color rgb < 1, 0.8, 0.65>}

#declare SunPos = vrotate(z, <-12, 8, 0>)*1000000;
light_source {SunPos, color White*2}
sphere {SunPos, 75000
texture {
pigment {color White}
finish {ambient 10 diffuse 0}
}
no_shadow
}


#declare PlanetSize = 50000;

//the ocean
sphere {< 0, 0, 0>, 1
scale PlanetSize
translate -y*PlanetSize
hollow
texture {
// pigment {color rgb < 1, 1, 1>}
pigment {color rgbf < 1, 1, 1, 1>}
finish {
ambient 0 diffuse 0.7
reflection {0.5, 1
fresnel//use the fresnel form of angle-dependant reflection
metallic//use metallic reflection
}
conserve_energy
metallic//use metallic highlights
}
normal {bumps bump_size 0.075 scale < 4, 1, 1>*0.025}
}
interior {
ior 1.33//required for fresnel reflection
media {
method 3
samples 2 intervals 1
absorption color rgb < 0.75, 0.5, 0.25>*0.005
}
}
}
//the ocean floor
sphere {< 0, 0, 0>, 1
scale PlanetSize - 100
translate -y*PlanetSize
texture {
pigment {color rgb 1}
}
}

#macro SkyShell(minAlt, maxAlt, Int)
difference {
sphere {< 0, 0, 0>, 1 scale (PlanetSize + maxAlt)}
sphere {< 0, 0, 0>, 1 scale (PlanetSize + minAlt)}
hollow
texture {pigment {color rgbf 1}}
translate -y*PlanetSize
interior {Int}
}
#end

//A much more realistic sky could be done using multiple layers
//of clouds to simulate clouds of different densities and with
//different altitudes. Of course, this would render a lot slower...

//the "cloud shell", creates clouds.
SkyShell(1000, 1300,
interior {
media {
method 3 aa_threshold 0.1 aa_level 3
samples 4 intervals 1
scattering {2, color White*0.0075 extinction 1}
density {wrinkles
scale < 5, 2, 2>*200
warp {turbulence 2}
color_map {
[0 color rgb 1]
[0.5 color rgb 0.85]
[0.55 color rgb 0.035]
[1 color rgb 0.035]
}
}
}
/* media {
method 3
samples 2 intervals 1
scattering {2, color White*0.0075*0.015 extinction 1}
}*/
}
)

//the "atmosphere shell", creates the blue sky and orange light.
SkyShell(1001, 2200,
interior {
media {
method 3
samples 2 intervals 1
scattering {4, color rgb < 0.25, 0.6, 0.9>*0.00075 extinction 1}
}
}
)

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