EMAIL: msattler@geophysik.uni-kiel.de
NAME: Mirko Sattler     
TOPIC: Nature     
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Vulcano     
COUNTRY: Germany     
WEBPAGE:  ./.
RENDERER USED: POV-Ray Version 3.02.watcom.win32 [Pentium optimized]
TOOLS USED: SPatch 1.5, Blob Sculptor for Windows 1.0, ...
RENDER TIME: 40 minutes 4 seconds
[with Options :
		800x600,AA 0.3
		Sampling_Method=2
]
HARDWARE USED: AMD K6-233 with 64 MB RAM     
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Anywhere on the young earth, a new atoll is created...  :-)   
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: [step by step]
	1. Create the main plane with the WATER-Texture
	2. Create a huge sphere (more an ellipsoid) withe the SKY-TEXTURE
	3. Use WinBlob to create the lavalookinglike thing
	4. Use Spatch to create a vulcanolookinglikething
	5. Use fractal program to create a plasma picture TERRAIN.TGA
	6. Use TERRAIN.TGA as a heighfield, adjust it under the plane
	7. Put the Vulcano in the picture.
	8. Use the lavalookingthing for both, the lava and the smoke [ :-) ]
	9. Playing around a lot (!) of time to find the right orientation for the two blobs
	10. Playing around a lot(!!) of time to find the right textures for lava and smoke
	11. Place a (red) light before the sky and a (grey) one above
	12. Waiting ...
     
