TITLE: Scientists discover the mechanics of the atom.
NAME: Mike Weber
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: mweber@millennianet.com
WEBPAGE: www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/pines/8625
TOPIC: Microcosms
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
MPGFILE: atom.mpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Pov-RAY 3.1

TOOLS USED: 
    cmpeg, Moray, and POV-Ray editor

CREATION TIME: 
    19hours to render the final animation

HARDWARE USED: 
    AMD K6 200Mhz, 64meg ram

ANIMATION DESCRIPTION: 

The gears and the nut holding the one gear in place were
modelled using Moray.  Everything else is a primitive done
by hand.

VIEWING RECOMMENDATIONS: 
    Watch it at least two times.....


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED: 

Countless efforts to get the clock variable to work just right was
where most of the time was spent.

A friend at work said he saw something on TV about mechanical objects
smaller than atoms.  I knew that it was impossible to exist, so 
I decided to make one.