Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets

(blog.maximeheckel.com)

109 points | by ibobev 2 hours ago ago

9 comments

  • etra0 15 minutes ago

    I saw this a while ago so it might not be totally related, but Sebastian Lague did a video on atmospheres for his planet generation experiment which was also very entertaining to watch [1].

    There's something particularly entertaining on developing visuals and watching them come a reality — I hope at some point be able to experiment in this field.

    [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxfEbulyFcY

  • dinfinity 25 minutes ago

    SpaceEngine is also known for putting quite some effort into this; highly recommended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4TjdVAbXks

    https://spaceengine.org/

    • the__alchemist 8 minutes ago

      It's fantastic software that's been around for many years, and has exquisite attention to detail on this and many other topics; this article also reminded me of it!

  • sdoering an hour ago

    Wow. This was quite a ride. I only understood maybe 5% - but I was massively impressed.

    • MeshHideaki 10 minutes ago

      Same here. The visuals alone made it worth reading.

      • sdoering 7 minutes ago

        Absolutely. Could not agree more!

  • jeremyscanvic an hour ago

    I wonder how this relates to the Perez All-Weather and Preetham sky models. Not an expert about that but I managed to implement those in the past and it was quite a fun project!

    https://github.com/jscanvic/SkySim

  • gabrielcsapo 18 minutes ago

    Incredible personal website, great post. Super awesome content!

  • mirekrusin an hour ago

    Gem.

    Flat earth version for comparison would be fun.