7 spheres, no hatch marks

I've finally removed the hatch marks from my spheres. The specular highlight is a bit strong in this image, but I'm just thrilled to have figured out the problem. It seems that every intersection was adding energy to the scene and some of the rays in the refraction would intersect the same point again. This would happen until maximum depth was reached or until they finally escaped the surface.

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