EMAIL: slreid@n-link.com
NAME: Steven L. Reid
TOPIC:  Physics & Math
COPYRIGHT:  I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING
            COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED:  POVRAY 3.01 for Windows
TOOLS USED:  None.
HARDWARE USED:  Digital 100MHZ Pentium with 24MB RAM
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
Newton's perpetual motion machine gone very wrong!
I took an old idea of mine and added a twist.  I've always
enjoyed the five ball model demonstrating perpetual motion.  But,
to spruce it up, I took the thought of what would happen if it
didn't work to its extreme!
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
This image is actually quite simple -- as you can see from the
source.  A frame with repeating ball and brace structures.  The
explosion and shooting flame (my wife's idea) are halo's rendered
in a sphere and cone (cylinder mapping).  I had to remember to
make everything hollow!  The exploding ball is transparent to
a degree to add to the effect of the ball vaporizing.
Enjoy!  Steven