EMAIL: bonsalva@bellsouth.net
NAME: Raymond A. Salvatore		
TOPIC:History
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE:Heroic Flight Past Danger
COUNTRY: USA
WEBPAGE:
RENDERER USED: Raydream Studio 5 raytracer
TOOLS USED:Raydream Studio 5 , Micrografix Picture Publisher, Adobe Illustrator
RENDER TIME:30 minutes
HARDWARE USED: PENTIUM 233 MMX WITH 64 MEG SDRAM
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:On March 20, 1999 at 9 hours 54 minutes GMT, the crew
  of the balloon, Orbiter 3, became the first in history to circumnavigate
  the globe with a non-stop, non-refueled flight.  It lasted 19 days
  1 hour and 49 minutes.  I was working on a "Nautilus crossing the North
  Pole" kind of picture when I heard about the balloonists.  So I changed
  my subject in honor of Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones.  
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:I created the main balloon in
  the free-form modeling area using circular cross-sections.  The whole balloon 
  is there, but I would lose detail if I backed the camera out, so I
  chose to focus on the gondola, which was made using csg objects over
  and over again.  The propane tanks are free-forms that were lathed.
  The solar-cell kite is mainly a csg object.  I used Four Elements for
  the sky and flame on the propane burner.  The mountains were also made
  in Four Elements.  I purposely tilted the camera to see the sky as 
  the two heroes would have seen it traveling in the jet stream.