EMAIL: slumini@gects.ge.com NAME: Stephen Lumini TOPIC: Great Engineering Achievements COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. TITLE: Pharos - the lighthouse at Alexandria COUNTRY: Canada WEBPAGE: n/a RENDERER USED: povray 3.01 TOOLS USED: moray 3.0 RENDER TIME: 4hrs HARDWARE USED: pentium 90 IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The lighthouse on the island Pharos is one of the most mysterious of the seven wonders, even though it remained standing until sometime in the early 14th century. There are many written accounts about the lighthouse (the first ever in the world), but none with detailed descriptions. Recently, (1993+) there have been extensive excavations, with the blessing of the Egyptian gov't, which have uncovered many interesting facts about the lighthouse. The lighthouse was also the tallest building in the world until the eraction of the Effiel tower - estimates have it standing in the 300-400m range. It is not sure how the light was projected (though it is written that the light could been seen 30+miles away). In my image I have a polished brass "mirror" reflecting fire light. It is unlikely that it was a wood fire, because of the scarcity of wood - and the remenants of a hydraulic system has been discovered and described - my theory is that it was an oil fire. Also the are many descriptions of a VERY large statue sitting on top of the lighthouse - unfortunately there is disagreement as to who the statue represented and even if there was one or two statues. So the statue really is that big on purpose. I designed a rudimentary system to funnel off the heat and fumes which has never been described or found. I feel that has to be there though otherwise the constant heat would crack the roof and statue. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: Nothing fancy here, this is simple stuff to make the lighthouse and boat - the "spotlight" from the top of the lighhouse is a cone with transperancy, ambient and filter values. I really tried using halo and fog and atmosphere, all to no avail.