A Photon Mapping Based Approach to Computing Celestial Illumination

A Photon Mapping Based Approach to Computing Celestial Illumination

For photographers to capture good pictures of their subjects, the lighting conditions must be taken into account and adjusted for accordingly. The same holds true for a satellite attempting to photograph another object in space: it must know the lighting conditions to adjust camera settings and posi...

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Main Author: Penney, Jonathan
Other Authors: Akleman, Ergun
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
photon mapping
ray tracing
final gathering
earth
sun
atmospheric rendering
rendering the atmosphere
illumination
atmospheric refraction
atmospheric phenomena
phase integral
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-470

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