Mirages in FS?
Guest Ed
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I've been flying a tour through eastern Europe and the Middle East for the past few weeks, with no particular plan other than to visit places I haven't been before. I haven't had much time to fly, so it's been slow going.
This afternoon I left Bina (UBBB), in the Republic of Georgia, and headed southeast over the Caspian Sea, across the southwest tip of Turkmenistan, and out over the mountains and deserts of northern Iran. My destination is Karachi, Pakistan, from where I intend to start a tour of the Himalaya Mountains, from end to end.
Flying at FL360 in my Lear Jet, I had crossed over the northern-most chain of mountains in Iran, and continued southeast out over a desert plateau.
Off to the south, I started seeing a large body of water. In the distance, it looks like a lake, that rippled, reflective, turquoise color of FS09 lakes, with a convoluted shoreline, and a large river entering (or exiting) the lake to the north.
I zoomed in and out on the GPS; there should not be a lake here. I checked the map; no large bodies of water for hundreds of miles in every direction-- the Caspian is hundreds of miles behind me to the north, and the Persian Gulf is still several hundred miles away to the southwest.
So I altered my course, and flew toward the lake and things got really weird-- as I got closer to the lake it began to disappear! I could still see the lake in the distance, but where it's closer, the color suddenly turned to sandy brown. When I turned to approach a closer patch of blue, as I drew near, it turned to sand! 😳
Thinking maybe it was low lying clouds (although that WASN"T what it looked like) I changed the weather to "Clear." The lake was still visible in the distance, but turned to sand close up. WEIRD!!
So I gave up chasing mirages, and resumed my flight towards Karachi. Now I have ANOTHER lake off to the east-- where there is no lake on the map. 😕
In case any of you want to investigate this, I recorded my location when I SHOULD have been over the lake, as 35 degrees 24.4' north, 56 degrees 05.8' east.
Good luck. 😉
Ed
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wow... shouldve taken a screenshot and you wouldve been so cool 🙂)
As always, very interesting. To be continued I hope.
im goin to check out that location 😂
Proof of alien prescence in fs2004! 😀
the wierdest effects in fs are when flying over northern norway on a clear night. over all the little lakes you get a very turquoise colour that changes as you get closer. it sounds similar.
Guest Ed
Guest
brownbox wrote:
wow... shouldve taken a screenshot and you wouldve been so cool 🙂)
Well, I thought of that, but since I'm a guest here I couldn't have posted it. 🙄
I don't think it would have made a very interesting screenie, anyhow. A lake in the distance. Wow. 😉
You just had to be there, I guess. 😂
Ed
Guest Ed wrote:
Well, I thought of that, but since I'm a guest here I couldn't have posted it. 🙄
Have a look at this Ed : https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/forum/topic/13198/amazing-freeware/
Ryan F. posts as guest - how he does it I don't know.
Tailhook wrote:
Ryan F. posts as guest - how he does it I don't know.
Ryan F. linked his photos from Avsim.
Drink more liquids on long flights and avoid alcahole
😂
Yeah you know the 12 hours bottle to throttle rule!
Guest Ed
Guest
Hey, are you guys suggesting that I was under the influence when I observed this phenomenon? 
Well, you could be onto something. . . 😉
Ed
I would not dream of insinuating that you was drinking at the time………but tell me at the same time as you could see water on the horizon could you see a camel train to the east and bedewin tents to the west.
Are those empty bottles and cans rolling around on the cockpit floor?
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