alexants, Also the 'Earth' is too (close?) or too solid or too something. if the 'Earth' were lower it might frame or offset the pyrimid somewhat - that might look good. haze(more?) (darker - closer to color of the water ?). Are you using a sphere as the starscape? looks good, but you might want to brighten the stars slightly. that reminds me I have to play around with stars some more myself in a few days - thanks for the reminder. - TJ