It's looking a lot better for me, too - The brightness explosions are gone, and when zoomed out the planets and such take on this heavenly glow like you see in photos.
I know the idea is to simulate the eye, but photos are really the only reference most of us have as to what "looks right."
One strange thing is happening, though - I'll post a video later but I have to be getting out the door - Anyway, when the brightness level is changing, it happens in "blobs" over the surface of the planet, as if watercolor paints were spreading out from the planet's brighter, more saturated areas. They grow together into solid brightness as you zoom out, and break back apart and shrink to nothing as you zoom in. It's not a dealbreaker by any means, but it looks kind of strange to me. Maybe it's intentional, to simulate the dazzle you sometimes get from looking at, say, bright snow or sand, but my eyes certainly don't handle it that way.
I was also wondering if you planned on adding extra full-screen brightness when looking directly at the sun, since that's certainly something that causes the human eye to go bonkers.
It's looking great, though. I can't wait for all the new clouds and terrain, too.
