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Image Information: 1280 x 1024. The four images were rendered in Terragen, then composited in Photoshop. The landscape was created
from a grayscale heightmap generated by using the BhodiNUT noise generators in Cinema4D, then imported into Terragen using
Photoshop to convert the bitmap into the 8-bit raw data required by Terragen for heightmap import. The map size was
512 by 512, rendered with full anti-aliasing. Render times varied greatly between images, with the shortest in 12 minutes and
the longest taking 28 minutes. Terragen slows right down when it comes to rendering water.
Artistic Information: Aiman's narrow, elliptical orbit swings it between 4 - 6 AU away from its sun. Such dramatic alterations in
orbital distance cause immense canges in the sea level. During the planet's torrid perihelion summer, the ice caps melt, raising
the sea level by 100 metres. During the cooler aphelion winter, when the ice caps freeze again, the waters recede. This image
shows what such a phenomenon would look like.
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