Simviation Forum - Tianchi Lake

Aug 14^th, 2009 at 8:39am

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Tianchi (Chinese: 天池, pinyin: tiānchí) is a lake in Xinjiang, China, situated at 43°53′9.7″N 88°7′56.6″E / 43.886028°N 88.132389°E / 43.886028; 88.132389. The name literally means "Heaven Lake" or "Heavenly Lake" (in Mandarin Chinese) and can refer to several lakes in China and Taiwan. This Tianchi lies on the north side of Bogda Peak of Tianshan Mountains, about 40 km east of Fukang County and 110 km east of Urumqi, in China. (Bogda is a Mongolian word, meaning "God".) It is an alpine drift lake shaped in the Quaternary Glacier period.

Formerly known as Yaochi (Jade Lake), it was named Tianchi by Mingliang in 1783, the Qing Dynasty Commander of Urumqi Command.

The lake is 2,000 m above sea level, covering 4.9 km², 105 m deep at the deepest point.

In 2006, it was designated for four years of restoration work at a cost of 800 million yuan (US$100 million). The plan calls for the tourism area around the lake to be increased from the present 158 km² to 548 km²

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #1 - Aug 14^th, 2009 at 8:52am

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Wow. Looks real.

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Reply #2 - Aug 14^th, 2009 at 10:36am

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EJW wrote on Aug 14^th, 2009 at 8:52am:

Wow. Looks real.

That's cause it is. It's a composite. I just added the Maule.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #3 - Aug 14^th, 2009 at 2:04pm

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I know, the Maule looks kinda real.

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Reply #4 - Aug 14^th, 2009 at 7:26pm

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FAN-F***n-TASTIC!

That's a great Composite! Cheesy

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Reply #5 - Aug 14^th, 2009 at 7:48pm

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wicked composite!

looks really good

...but i'd try either fading/reducing the background/colour/contrast or increasing the maule's contrast/colour. or even a sharpen on the aircraft.

the picture looks awsome but the aircraft just looks a little faded or blurry to me... it may be the screen im looking at so forgive me if im wrong Grin

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Reply #6 - Aug 15^th, 2009 at 2:52am

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EJW wrote on Aug 14^th, 2009 at 2:04pm:

I know, the Maule looks kinda real.

Oops! Sorry, misconstured what you were saying.
Thanks.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #7 - Aug 15^th, 2009 at 2:57am

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cantflywontfly wrote on Aug 14^th, 2009 at 7:48pm:

wicked composite!

looks really good

...but i'd try either fading/reducing the background/colour/contrast or increasing the maule's contrast/colour. or even a sharpen on the aircraft.

I did. I just couldn't get it to match. Sad

cantflywontfly wrote on Aug 14^th, 2009 at 7:48pm:

the picture looks awsome but the aircraft just looks a little faded or blurry to me... it may be the screen im looking at so forgive me if im wrong Grin

Deano

No, you're not wrong. It's my system/settings/video card/whatever. If you notice, most of my shots look that way. I know there are things that can be done with the settings (computer, not sim), but there is a problem with doing it and this is the only computer I have, so I can't take a chance on a system crash just to improve FS. Sad