Iain Emms 16,565 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 These are from the Livermore area and beyond. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrrbolkin 53 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Great shots,those wind turbines look like a massive "boot hill" cemetery lol, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi stu 530 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Nice Iain..can't wait Stu Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ziggy 547 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Really nice pics, they show off the area beautifully! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
purduekev 79 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thanks Iain!!! My old stomping grounds look awesome! Can't wait to fly out there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cabnz 108 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Very nice thank you Iain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradB 22,808 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Amazing , thanks Iain . Brad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orbxtreme 2,059 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Super shots, really a must have! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DocBird 77 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Great shots indeed! Do the blades of the wind mills turn if there is wind? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Iain Emms 16,565 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yes Till the wind turbines do spin. cheers Iain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moonman 238 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Fantastic shots Iain - and certainly a great scenery too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bartolomeus 7 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Wow....really awesome! Marko Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Meerkat 46 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Hm, is it just me, or do you guys also think the wind turbines were planted way too dense? When looking at the penultimate image it seems obvious that their blades would collide in many cases. Normally, the space between wind turbines is at least twice their altitude... Anything wrong? Maybe duplicate OSM data? Maybe Holger can have a look? Other than that, it looks good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan V 8 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 MeerKat - I was just about to ask the same question. The ones in the screenies seem much more dense than those I've ever seen in real life. Stan V Quote Link to post Share on other sites
malibu43 17 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 It looks about right to me. There's a lot of them out there. Plus the perspective of Ian's shot probably makes them look a little closer than they are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chunk 1,194 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I drive by there often, I don't think there are that many on the Altamont Pass. Maybe 20% less would be more accurate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim Harris 1,009 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 FSX zoom level tends to show them as being closer together, compared to Bingmaps the numbers are similar http://goo.gl/maps/G1ztB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeT707 8 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Looks really good. Can't wait to see it in P3D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phred98765 0 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Those Altamont Pass hills are the standard "summer brown" that we're accustomed to seeing. One thing that I've been horribly curious about - will those hills and other non-farm interior lands of Norcal be green in the (typically) rainy winters & spring?? (Perhaps that last screenshot??) I always thought it was a shame that MS & LM never got the look right.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
malibu43 17 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Those Altamont Pass hills are the standard "summer brown" that we're accustomed to seeing. One thing that I've been horribly curious about - will those hills and other non-farm interior lands of Norcal be green in the (typically) rainy winters & spring?? (Perhaps that last screenshot??) I always thought it was a shame that MS & LM never got the look right.... Well, hills and non-farm lands are brown much of the year in CA. I find it to be a very rare thing for the hills to be green. During the Winter and Spring (if it's a wet Spring), the hills have less of that "OMG we could burst into flames at any second" look, but they are usually some form of brown. Sometimes they are green right after a rain, but if it doesn't rain within a week or two, they seem to turn brown again pretty quickly. That's my take on it, anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phred98765 0 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Well, hills and non-farm lands are brown much of the year in CA. I find it to be a very rare thing for the hills to be green. During the Winter and Spring (if it's a wet Spring), the hills have less of that "OMG we could burst into flames at any second" look, but they are usually some form of brown. Sometimes they are green right after a rain, but if it doesn't rain within a week or two, they seem to turn brown again pretty quickly. That's my take on it, anyway. Agree to disagree just slightly. Your view's a little more dry/pessimistic that I'd state - maybe 2-3 weeks w/o rain to have the grasses start to turn brown again. I remember 09/10 and 11/12 when we had decent amounts of rain, many of the hills were green into mid-late May. Granted, in a normal year they turn green in November - so I'd be happy with only a green winter, if not a green winter and spring. Just this year, we've had just less than an inch of rain in the past week after virtually nothing since before Thanksgiving - and I can detect areas on my commute into PA where I'm already seeing a greenish tint. Anyway, yeah even the Marin headlands turn brown in late summer.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
malibu43 17 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Agree to disagree just slightly. Your view's a little more dry/pessimistic that I'd state - maybe 2-3 weeks w/o rain to have the grasses start to turn brown again. I remember 09/10 and 11/12 when we had decent amounts of rain, many of the hills were green into mid-late May. Granted, in a normal year they turn green in November - so I'd be happy with only a green winter, if not a green winter and spring. Just this year, we've had just less than an inch of rain in the past week after virtually nothing since before Thanksgiving - and I can detect areas on my commute into PA where I'm already seeing a greenish tint. Anyway, yeah even the Marin headlands turn brown in late summer.... It is quite possible that the last couple of years have been so dry and tainted my memory. One things for sure, the ORBX hills look a lot better than FSX, which seems t think that CA is green in the summer and brown in the winter! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phred98765 0 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Just to note that the hills around the Altamont Pass do change in color - I've only tried summer (tan) and winter (greenish). I've been busy this week, so not a lot of time to fly & explore. I'm still trying to find my first windfarm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phred98765 0 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 After installing the latest orbxlibs, there are turbines everywhere (where they should be). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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