TITLE: BIG BANG!! The first encounter with anything?
NAME: Tim Anderson?
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: ande8545@blue.unco.edu
WEBPAGE: Don't have one yet! Maybe later?
TOPIC: First Encounter
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: 1_bbang.jpg
ZIPFILE: 1_bbang.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-Ray 3.02.

TOOLS USED: 
    PoVSB, POV-Ray, and a little bit of sPatch

RENDER TIME: 
    25 minutes and 6 seconds

HARDWARE USED: 
    IBM Aptiva

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

             This was my "first encounter" using PoVSB and POV-Ray.  There have
been 
        many theories as to how the universe was created.  This is my personal 
        view of the Big Bang theory, and how chaotic it might have looked.  I 
        have included 3 cones: one for light, one for darkness, and one
representing 
        life.  I have also included many beams of energy shooting outward,
spreading
        and creating the new universe.  Finally, I have included the mythical
Pandora's
        box with a hand getting ready to open it.

        I'm a beginner at this, so any comments that you might be able to give
to me
        would be very helpful!  Thanks, and good luck to all entrants!

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

             Essentially, this image is created mostly out of PoVSB objects with
varying textures.

        Special thanks goes out to Heather Cousineau for use of her "hand." 
She's
        pretty cool, in my humble opinion.

        The star pattern was made out of a plane and a starfield texture.

