File:Pentatope of 70 spheres animation original.gif

  // Pentatope of 70 spheres POV-Ray source by Blotwell
  // Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
  // and released under GPL
  //
  // Render frames 0 through 43 (43 is blank)
  
  #max_trace_level 15
  #declare sq = 1/sqrt(2);
  #declare T = ((clock-5)/4)*sq;
  #declare vx = <2,0,0>;
  #declare vy = <1,0,1>;
  #declare vw = <1,0,-1>;
  #declare vz = <1,sqrt(5/2),0>;
  
  #declare my_sphere_1 =
  sphere { <0,0,0>,1 pigment { color rgbf <.9,1,.9,.9> }
        finish { refraction 1 ior 1.2 } };
  #declare my_sphere_2 =
  sphere { <0,0,0>,1 pigment { color rgbf <.9,.9,1,.9> }
        finish { refraction 1 ior 1.2 } };
  #declare my_sphere_3 =
  sphere { <0,0,0>,1 pigment { color rgbf <1,1,.8,.9> }
        finish { refraction 1 ior 1.2 } };
  #declare my_sphere_4 =
  sphere { <0,0,0>,1 pigment { color rgbf <1,.9,.9,.9> }
        finish { refraction 1 ior 1.2 } };
  #declare my_sphere_5 =
  sphere { <0,0,0>,1 pigment { color rgbf <.9,.9,.9,.9> }
        finish { refraction 1 ior 1.2 } };
  
  camera {
    location <-8,15,-12>-4*vz
    right <2/3,0,0>
    up <0,1/2,0>
    look_at 4*vz-<0,3,0>
  }
  
  light_source {vx*10+<0,10,0> color rgb <1,1,1>}
  light_source {vy*10+<0,10,0> color rgb <1,1,1>}
  
  plane { <0,1,0>, 0 
  	finish {ambient 0.2}
  	pigment { marble turbulence 1
  		color_map { [0.0 rgb 1] [0.9 rgb 0.9] [1.0 rgb <0.6,0.5,0.5>] }
  		scale 6 } }
  
  plane { <0,-1,0>, -12 
  	finish {ambient 1}
  	pigment { color rgb <.6,.6,.8> } }
  
  union {
  #declare www=0; #while (www<5)
  #declare exe=0; #while (exe<5-www)
  #declare wye=0; #while (wye<5-www-exe)
  #declare tee=(www+wye)*sq*2; #if (tee-1<T) #if (tee+1>T)
  object {my_sphere_1 scale sqrt(1-(T-tee)*(T-tee)) translate y+www*vw+exe*vx+wye*vy}
  #end #end
  #declare wye=wye+1; #end #declare exe=exe+1; #end #declare www=www+1; #end
  
  #declare www=0; #while (www<4)
  #declare exe=0; #while (exe<4-www)
  #declare wye=0; #while (wye<4-www-exe)
  #declare tee=(www+wye)*sq*2+sq; #if (tee-1<T) #if (tee+1>T)
  object {my_sphere_2 scale sqrt(1-(T-tee)*(T-tee)) translate y+vz+www*vw+exe*vx+wye*vy}
  #end #end
  #declare wye=wye+1; #end #declare exe=exe+1; #end #declare www=www+1; #end
  
  #declare www=0; #while (www<3)
  #declare exe=0; #while (exe<3-www)
  #declare wye=0; #while (wye<3-www-exe)
  #declare tee=(www+wye)*sq*2+2*sq; #if (tee-1<T) #if (tee+1>T)
  object {my_sphere_3 scale sqrt(1-(T-tee)*(T-tee)) translate y+2*vz+www*vw+exe*vx+wye*vy}
  #end #end
  #declare wye=wye+1; #end #declare exe=exe+1; #end #declare www=www+1; #end
  
  #declare www=0; #while (www<2)
  #declare exe=0; #while (exe<2-www)
  #declare wye=0; #while (wye<2-www-exe)
  #declare tee=(www+wye)*sq*2+3*sq; #if (tee-1<T) #if (tee+1>T)
  object {my_sphere_4 scale sqrt(1-(T-tee)*(T-tee)) translate y+3*vz+www*vw+exe*vx+wye*vy}
  #end #end
  #declare wye=wye+1; #end #declare exe=exe+1; #end #declare www=www+1; #end
  
  #declare www=0; #while (www<1)
  #declare exe=0; #while (exe<1-www)
  #declare wye=0; #while (wye<1-www-exe)
  #declare tee=(www+wye)*sq*2+4*sq; #if (tee-1<T) #if (tee+1>T)
  object {my_sphere_5 scale sqrt(1-(T-tee)*(T-tee)) translate y+4*vz+www*vw+exe*vx+wye*vy}
  #end #end
  #declare wye=wye+1; #end #declare exe=exe+1; #end #declare www=www+1; #end
  }