cgi,arthur c clarke,rendezvous with rama,choir music,flyby Rama - A Cylindrical World - stunningly beautiful views

Rama - A Cylindrical World - stunningly beautiful views

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4 months 3 weeks ago • 489 views

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This breathtaking model was apparently completely procedurally generated. The music makes it seem even more beautiful. I want to live here when I grow up.

The concept comes from an Arthur C. Clarke book called Rendezvous with Rama, which I have never read, but intend to pick up from the library ASAP.

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This made my eyes tear up a little. I want to live there when I grow up, too.

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written by siftbot

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Very cool. Count me in, we'll start a village.

The only thing missing is a light source. If there is land 360 degrees around the cylinder, we'll need a bar in the middle to radiate light.

written by dag

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This is SOOOOO what Rama was meant to symbolize in print. I love the concept even if I think the idea is hilariously BS. As for a light source Dag, I believe they thought light-sources from echth end was sufficient.

written by Doc_M

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You can see the light sources even on the thumbnail. They are 10 km long light strips.

written by djsunkid

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^ What he said, they're visible around 1:40.

Rama also had a "cliff" on one side of the central sea...and as I recall, didn't have clouds (though they're a nice touch).

written by NetRunner

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what if we're in one right now? i.e. the universe we live in right now was designed and built for the same reasons that rama was. Something built our universe specifically to inhabitate it. That'd be trippy.

written by deathcow

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Not to be a stickler, but the tag is spelled wrong: it should be rendeZvous with rama.

written by Pooterius | 4 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Thanks pooter

written by djsunkid

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I believe Rama did have clouds in the sequels. I liked this series of novels so much I even read the thinly related follow-ups written by Gentry Lee alone... Bright Messengers, and Double Full Moon Night. Both very frustrating reads. I hate Gentry Lee.

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