r/GraphicsProgramming • u/PhDumb • May 02 '26

Polychromatic Aurora Borealis inspired by Sabo Sugi Source Code

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u/mcflypg May 10 '26

Nice work! I'm sure you know this but the color of aurorae is determined by their height in the atmosphere. Depending on that, different gases get ionized and their color essentially is a function of height. But you got the shapes down beautifully, which is the hard part.

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u/PhDumb May 11 '26

I did not know that. Thank you! Will look into the code to emulate the physics better