"Atmosphere, atmosphere...

Here it is ! After fixing some celestial bodies positions computation (thanks to Frederic), we finally got this smooth view of the sun through the atmosphere.

By the way, note that we upgraded to JOGL 1.1.0 and Java3D 1.5.1, which changed led to some computations changes, but to also provide new opportunities, such as the inclusion of Java2D displays, especially anti-aliased text, which is quite unique in the OpenGL word (aside text as 3D objects).