[jonah]

I grew up in the Mid-South and when I was using the sky presets in Bryce, I thought: "man, these folks must have been on some good stuff when they came up with these." But after I moved to CA and started working at MetaCreations at their office on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, I realized they were just recreating what they saw out the window!

[dylan604]

I had the same experience with the original release of Lightwave on the Toaster. The default horizon/skyline had soooo many more colors in the gradient than I had ever seen where I grew up. It just didn't look real to me at all. Then I finally got to visit the west coast, and it made much more sense. It's crazy the effect that having (or not) has on the normality of one's view of the world.