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Efficient Relief Plotting
Mathematica 6 lets you add compelling relief to plots of density fields.
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ReliefPlot[

 Table[Evaluate[Sum[30 Sin[RandomReal[4, 2].{x, y}], {5}]], {x, 0, 

    10, .05}, {y, 0, 10, .05}] + 550, BoxRatios -> {1, 1, .4}, 

 ColorFunction -> ColorData["VisibleSpectrum"], 

 ColorFunctionScaling -> False]
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