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Play, download and edit the free video The Moon ray-traced with PlotOptiX.

The Moon ray-traced in Python using PlotOptiX package by RnD Team (rnd.team). It is a part of ray-tracing tutorial (medium.com/@sulej.robert/the-moon-made-twice-at-home-a2cb73b3f1e8).

The Moon surface elevation model: Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA), data is provided by LOLA Science Team.
The color data comes from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC). The polar regions completed with lower resolution textures.
Star map in celestial coordinates from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

PlotOptiX: plotoptix.rnd.team
Python code on GitHub: github.com/rnd-team-dev/plotoptix/tree/master/examples/3_projects/moon

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