EMAIL: ianm@hermes.net.au
NAME: Ian MacKay
TOPIC: Desert
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION 
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TITLE: arid
COUNTRY: Australia
WEBPAGE: None
RENDERER USED: Povray 3.5 for Windows
TOOLS USED: Photoshop to adjust contrast and convert to Jpeg.
RENDER TIME: 4 mins  27 sec
HARDWARE USED: Pentium 4  2.4Ghz 512 Ram
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
                  Scene is in a part of Australia where it seldom rains. The foreground is the cracked dry mud in a waterhole that has almost completely dried up. A flock of parrots has come to drink from the last puddle.
                  In the middle distance a flock of Cockatoos is passing.
                  Hot air distorts the distant landscape and a layer of hot air on the ground reflects the sky and gives the illusion of distant water.   
                                     
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
                  This image is mainly simple CSG. The dry mud is a crackle height-field. Middle and distant landscape are Fractint height-fields. The heat distortion is made by viewing through a clear height-field. The birds are CSG.