There used to be an ocean here, but no more. Blame it on celestial mechanics or some other stellar phenomenon - maybe temporary (but tragic) effects from a nearby supernova?
Specs:
Standard power fractals for the terrain displacements. Custom power fractal stack group for most of the rocks and terrain. This stack gives incredible detail both macro and micro (and takes some extra time to render to). I used an image map for the sand to speed up the rendering time. The clouds are from the clip file I recently posted in my other image thread. Used an image map of Jupiter mapped to a background planet.
Minor postwork in Photoshop: color balancing, contrast, sharpening
Res: 1024x768 (finally!)
Detail: 0.8
AA: 10
GI: 2/2 (with surface detail)
Time: 14 hours over 2 cores
Many thanks for viewing. More images to come.
