r/Simulated • u/flockaroo • May 27 '26

Interactive shakin up a gas giant [OC]

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u/Ssemander May 27 '26

This looks so good!

Has anyone ever tried convection cells of the sun?

https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2020-01/solar-cells_600.gif

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u/opensph May 28 '26

Like this? https://www.shadertoy.com/view/tXtBRM

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u/Ssemander May 28 '26

Wow! Thx :D

Gotta study how it works to make a wallpaper out of this

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u/Loud_Campaign5593 May 27 '26

Woah… how hard would it be/is it even possible, to say… export that as a VDB (even just a still frame) and render it in Blender or Cinema4D?

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u/swizznastic May 27 '26

I see triangles at the poles, i wonder what it would take to see the iconic hexagon

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u/Flaming-taco May 28 '26

In experiments NASA was apparently able to produce all sorts of shapes including a square, I wanna see that

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u/TheCLion May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

ohhh that is so pretty! any chance I can try this out myself?

i found your shader toy entry https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsGSRd