Subject: Re: im_sun.jpg
Date: Wed, 11 May 94 15:11:21 
From: cyrus@dialup-1-144.gw.umn.edu (cyrus)

Hi Jason,

> >But the reall problem I have with that picture is that the 
> >glow around the sun appears to make the stars around it disappear.
> 
> Even if it were an error, that's what should happen anyway.  If you
> are looking towards the sun, its light is intense enough to make the
> surrounding stars invisible.  A problem that I have with every sci-fi
> show/movie I've seen is that the fx guys always ignore this.  Most of
> the time in scifi you can see the stars thru the planet's atmosphere on
> the bright side.  It makes things look too fake.

The absence of the stars IS intentional.  A third disk was added (I menioned
this in my original explanation) to keep the stars out.  I admit that it is a
little big and abrupt, but it is there intentionally.

I will try again to upload 'im_sunii.jpg' to the net.  It should help explain
everything...


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