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// dark and reflective texture
#declare ShinyDark =
texture {
    pigment { rgb 0 }
    finish {
        ambient 0
        // reflection .3 // dark version
        reflection .6 // light version
        specular 3
    }
}

// create a pillar of specified height
// kind of hackish, but I can’t find a better way
#macro pillar(xx, yy, height)
    #declare counter = height * 2;

    #while (counter > -1)
        superellipsoid {
            <.3, .3>
            texture { ShinyDark }
            translate y * counter * .5
            translate x * xx * 2.2
            translate z * yy * 2.2
        }

        #declare counter = counter - 1;
    #end
#end

// just some random (random, really?) pillars
pillar(-3, 3, 2)
pillar(-1, 3, 4)
pillar( 0, 3, 3)
pillar( 2, 3, 0)
pillar( 3, 3, 2)
pillar( 0, 2, 2)
pillar( 1, 2, 1)
pillar(-1, 1, 3)
pillar(-1, 0, 2)
pillar( 0, 0, 1)
pillar( 2, 0, 3)
pillar(-2,-1, 2)
pillar(-1,-1, 3)
pillar( 1,-1, 0)
pillar( 3,-1, 2)
pillar(-1,-2, 1)
pillar( 0,-2, 2)
pillar( 2,-2, 1)
pillar( 3,-2, 0)
// there’s no such thing as random…

// the sphere everything is wrapped in
sphere {
    <0, 100, 0>, 100
    hollow
    pigment { rgb 1 }
    finish {
        ambient .6
        reflection .05
    }
}

// get light quality from clock (+K in params)
#declare qualight = clock;

// back right less bright white light
light_source {
    <30, 25, 40> rgb .5
    area_light <0, 10, 0>, <0, 0, 10>, qualight, qualight
    adaptive 1 jitter circular orient
}

// front right white light
light_source {
    <30, 20, -30> rgb .7
    area_light <0, 10, 0>, <0, 0, 10>, qualight, qualight
    adaptive 1 jitter circular orient
}

// front left blue light
light_source {
    <-15, 25, -15> rgb <.3, .7, .9>
    area_light <0, 20, 0>, <0, 0, 20>, qualight, qualight
    adaptive 1 jitter circular orient
}

camera {
    location <7, 9, -14>
    look_at  <2, 1,   0>
}