Realistic Water with POV-Ray

A partly transparent and
partly reflecting surface of water:
In some cases water appears as partly transparent and partly reflecting. This can be made by using the texture "Glass3" (clear water) or "Green_Glass" (green seaweed in the water!). In this case an underground should be defined - this has great influences to the appearance of the water surface.

// ground ----------------------------- plane{<0,1,0>, 0 translate<0,-3,0> texture{pigment{color LightWood} normal {bumps 0.25 scale 0.05} finish {ambient 0.45 diffuse 0.55} }// end of texture }// end of plane 1 // sea water -------------------------- plane{<0,1,0>, 0 texture{ Green_Glass normal{ripples 0.3 scale 0.25 turbulence 0.75 translate< 1,0,2>} finish{ambient 0.45 diffuse 0.55 reflection 0.3} }// end of texture interior{I_Glass} }// end of plane 2 //-------------------------------------

Partly transparent and partly reflecting:
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Concentric waves around a pale:

// sea water -------------------------- plane{<0,1,0>, 0 texture{ Green_Glass normal{ripples 0.3 scale 0.25 turbulence 0.5 translate< 1,0,2>} finish{ambient 0.45 diffuse 0.55 reflection 0.3} }// end of texture interior{I_Glass} }// end of plane 2 //-------------------------------------

Concentric waves around a pale.
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