// The camera and light are inside a sphere which is partly clipped away
// Added a plane and box outside and let the shadow's do the trick.

camera{rotate 135*z}
light_source{.7,.7}
background{.8-z}

sphere{0,2
 clipped_by{
  box{-.82,1.82}
 }
 pigment{
  rgb.7+y
 }
 normal{
  bozo 3 scale.01
 }
}

plane{
 z-1,9
 pigment{
  rgb 1+x
 }
 normal{
  leopard 4
 }
}
box{-.8+9*z,9
 pigment{
  rgb 1-z
 }
 normal{
  ripples 5
  scale.01
  translate -1
 }
}