TITLE: A Fiery Beginning NAME: Christopher Kelly COUNTRY: England EMAIL: pb.kelly@virgin.net TOPIC: Elements COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: afire.jpg ZIPFILE: afire.zip RENDERER USED: PoV-Ray 3.0 for Windows TOOLS USED: Paint Shop Pro - to add my name HARDWARE USED: P120 IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Depicts the beginning of the Earth in its fiery volcanic state 4.6 billion years ago. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: Bill Pulver's T_Cloud1 cloud texture for the sky (Skies.inc), with modifications in the colour-mapping Height-field for the rocks (Terrain.tga), with my own colour-maps and textures Bumpy plane for the "lava" Iridescent spheres for lava-bubbles Halos for fiery explosions and volcanic eruption