An important question from my latest blog post:

"It would be nice to have a clean, customizable environment map that gives us that pristine golden-hour light without any real-world interlopers. Is this a realistic goal–or is it just a pie in the sky dream?"

Post: https://www.tylermw.com/posts/rayverse/atmospheric-simulation-in-r.html

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And here's the hex logo! And unlike Bluesky, Mastodon actually respects PNG transparency!

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2/5 #skymodelr implements the Prague (https://cgg.mff.cuni.cz/publications/skymodel-2021/) and Hosek (https://cgg.mff.cuni.cz/projects/SkylightModelling/HosekWilkie_SkylightModel_SIGGRAPH2012_Preprint.pdf) atmospheric models, which allow you to generate skies with the sun + scattered atmospheric light for any solar angle, down to -4.2 degrees (sun below the horizon) for the Prague model!

Happy Groundhog Day! In honor of the day, here's an infinitely repeating video of a realistic atmospheric simulation showing the shadows the sun casts on February 2nd. (over Monterey Bay, California, because no one would want to go to Punxsutawney, PA right now).

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