//axis.pov

light_source {
  <0, 2, -15>
  color rgb <1 1 1>
} // end light source

camera {
  location <5 0 -8>
  look_at <0 1 0>
} // end camera

//x axis
cylinder {
  x * -5,
  x * 5, .1
  pigment { color rgb <1 1 0> }
} // end cylinder

/*
text {
  ttf "crystal.ttf"
  "x = + 5"  
  .2, 0
  pigment { color rgb <1 1 0> } 
  rotate x * 90
  translate x * 3
  translate y * 1
} // end text
  
*/

//y axis
cylinder {
  y * -5,
  y * 5, .1
  pigment { color rgb <1 1 0> }
} // end cylinder

//z axis
cylinder {
  z * -5,
  z * 5, .1
  pigment { color rgb <1 1 0> }
} // end cylinder