EMAIL: rm@mickelsenstudios.com NAME: Robert A. Mickelsen TOPIC: Out of Place COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. TITLE: Badlands COUNTRY: USA WEBPAGE: www.mickelsenstudios.com RENDERER USED: povray 3.6 TOOLS USED: Moray 3.5 RENDER TIME: 3 hrs. 24 min. 59 sec. HARDWARE USED: Dell Dimension 8250, Pentium 4, 2.80GHz, 512M RAM IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Alien lander discovers the badlands of the southwest. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: Two heightfields are used, one created from a cropped image of jarra trees (taken in SW Australia) run through Photoshop blur filters to create the badlands, the other hand-made using gradients and turned upside down to create the cliff. The lander is composed of four-patch beziers grouped to form tusk-like appendages and legs, and two spheres, one of which makes the glow for the other.