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2020 LTS airport announcement and Iceland intro draft (view source)
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Iceland viewed from space, using Flightgear's orbital renderer Earthview: | Iceland viewed from space, using Flightgear's orbital renderer Earthview: | ||
[ [[File:Iceland_viewed_from_space_in_Earthview_(Flightgear_2020.x)_02.jpg|Screenshot of Iceland from space]] ] | |||
[ [[:File:Iceland_viewed_from_space_in_Earthview_(Flightgear_2020.x)_02.jpg|Screenshot of Iceland from space]] ] | |||
Keflavík International Airport (BIKF) is the featured airport for the LTS. Keflavík airport is the largest airport in Iceland with 10 million people passing through in 2018. It serves as the international gateway to Iceland, and its 3 km runways are a Space Shuttle emergency landing site. | Keflavík International Airport (BIKF) is the featured airport for the LTS. Keflavík airport is the largest airport in Iceland with 10 million people passing through in 2018. It serves as the international gateway to Iceland, and its 3 km runways are a Space Shuttle emergency landing site. | ||
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'Rainbow' (“Regnbogi”) sculpture near the Leif Eriksson terminal: | 'Rainbow' (“Regnbogi”) sculpture near the Leif Eriksson terminal: | ||
[ [[File:Rainbow_sculpture_at_Keflavik_International_Airport_(BIKF)_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2020.x)_01.jpg|Screenshot of | |||
Rainbow sculpture at Keflavik Airport] | [ [[:File:Rainbow_sculpture_at_Keflavik_International_Airport_(BIKF)_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2020.x)_01.jpg|Screenshot of | ||
Rainbow sculpture at Keflavik Airport]] ] | |||
'The Jet Nest' (“Þotuhreiður”) sculpture: | 'The Jet Nest' (“Þotuhreiður”) sculpture: | ||
[ Screenshot of The Jet Nest at Keflavik airport: [[File:The_Jet_Nest_sculpture_at_Keflavik_International_Airport_(BIKF)_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2020.x)_1024_04.jpg|1]] or [[File:The_Jet_Nest_sculpture_at_Keflavik_International_Airport_(BIKF)_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2020.x)_03.jpg|2]] ] | |||
[ Screenshot of The Jet Nest at Keflavik airport: [[:File:The_Jet_Nest_sculpture_at_Keflavik_International_Airport_(BIKF)_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2020.x)_1024_04.jpg|1]] or [[:File:The_Jet_Nest_sculpture_at_Keflavik_International_Airport_(BIKF)_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2020.x)_03.jpg|2]] ] | |||
For Iceland there are also buildings, roads, and objects like pylons for the whole country generated by the OSM2City project. These are available as a [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Areas_populated_with_osm2city_scenery separate download] [which will be added to TerraSync a later date?]. OSM2City buildings compatible with 2020 LTS have improved visuals and render faster. | For Iceland there are also buildings, roads, and objects like pylons for the whole country generated by the OSM2City project. These are available as a [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Areas_populated_with_osm2city_scenery separate download] [which will be added to TerraSync a later date?]. OSM2City buildings compatible with 2020 LTS have improved visuals and render faster. | ||
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Volcanic activity at the main crater in Surtsey: | Volcanic activity at the main crater in Surtsey: | ||
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[ [[:File:Eruption_at_main_crater_on_the_island_of_Surtsey_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2020.x).jpg|Screenshot of Surtsey]] ] | |||
Iceland's volcanoes are often strato-volcanoes with their steeper cone shaped sides, as the viscous lava here flows less easily and becoming hard before spreading far. Eruptions can be explosive, as gasses remain trapped. There are some shield volcanoes too, with their the shallower domes shapes similar to the volcanoes of Hawaii. | Iceland's volcanoes are often strato-volcanoes with their steeper cone shaped sides, as the viscous lava here flows less easily and becoming hard before spreading far. Eruptions can be explosive, as gasses remain trapped. There are some shield volcanoes too, with their the shallower domes shapes similar to the volcanoes of Hawaii. | ||
Mount Herdubreid (a table mountain) is a volcano in Vatnajökull National_Park, Iceland. The volcanic desert it sits on is a lava field created from easily flowing eruptions of nearby shield volcanoes: | Mount Herdubreid (a table mountain) is a volcano in Vatnajökull National_Park, Iceland. The volcanic desert it sits on is a lava field created from easily flowing eruptions of nearby shield volcanoes: | ||
[ [[File:Mount_Herdubreid_volcano_in_Vatnajokull_National_Park,_Iceland_(Flightgear_2020.x).jpg|Screenshot of dormant volcano] | |||
[ [[:File:Mount_Herdubreid_volcano_in_Vatnajokull_National_Park,_Iceland_(Flightgear_2020.x).jpg|Screenshot of dormant volcano] | |||
[Screenshot of a volcano with no eruption?] | [Screenshot of a volcano with no eruption?] | ||
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Iceland has rugged volcanic terrain with glaciers, deserts, ice caps, marshes, fjords and a cool wet climate. There is plenty to discover. The island has only been colonised recently by both nature and people. There are almost no trees, as the young forests were cleared by early settlers. | Iceland has rugged volcanic terrain with glaciers, deserts, ice caps, marshes, fjords and a cool wet climate. There is plenty to discover. The island has only been colonised recently by both nature and people. There are almost no trees, as the young forests were cleared by early settlers. | ||
[File:Iceland_in_FlightGear_2020_02_(Aerospatiale_Alouette_III).jpg|Screenshot of terrain with overlays] | [ [[:File:Iceland_in_FlightGear_2020_02_(Aerospatiale_Alouette_III).jpg|Screenshot of terrain with overlays]] ] | ||
To re-create the stark subpolar setting, remember to turn on overlays which add high resolution 3d detail, and set [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Anti-aliasing#Transparency_anti-aliasing Transparency Anti-Aliasing] to MSAA in the GPU control panel (or supersampling on powerful cards). As Iceland has few trees, people with older GPUs may find they have spare performance and can use overlays in Iceland. | To re-create the stark subpolar setting, remember to turn on overlays which add high resolution 3d detail, and set [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Anti-aliasing#Transparency_anti-aliasing Transparency Anti-Aliasing] to MSAA in the GPU control panel (or supersampling on powerful cards). As Iceland has few trees, people with older GPUs may find they have spare performance and can use overlays in Iceland. | ||
[ [[File:Bell_412_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2019.x).jpg|Screenshot of overlays with transparency AA turned up high]] ] | [ [[:File:Bell_412_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2019.x).jpg|Screenshot of overlays with transparency AA turned up high]] ] | ||
A place needs 4 dimensions to describe it, 3 in space and 1 in time. Any default setting can only be a moment in time, and in FG the ever-changing cycles of nature is simulated from the Environment > Environment Settings menu. In FG's environment sliders, Iceland is often suited being towards the autumn season with wet ground and moss. The more northern seas away from the south coast can ice up, so remember the ice cover control. | A place needs 4 dimensions to describe it, 3 in space and 1 in time. Any default setting can only be a moment in time, and in FG the ever-changing cycles of nature is simulated from the Environment > Environment Settings menu. In FG's environment sliders, Iceland is often suited being towards the autumn season with wet ground and moss. The more northern seas away from the south coast can ice up, so remember the ice cover control. | ||
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Aurora, and sun halo. The halo is caused by light bouncing off ice crystals in the atmosphere. The halo is red as the sunlight from the low sun is red. | Aurora, and sun halo. The halo is caused by light bouncing off ice crystals in the atmosphere. The halo is red as the sunlight from the low sun is red. | ||
Sun dogs on both sides of the sun caused by ice crystals , and faint ice halo (Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland). | [ [[:File:Aurora_and_ice_halo_(Flightgear_2020.x).jpg:Screenshot of Aurora in Iceland]] ] | ||
[ [[File:Sun_dog_and_ice_halo_in_Vatnajokull_National_Park,_Iceland_(Flightgear_2020.x).jpg|Screen shot of sundogs and faint halo]] ] | |||
Sun dogs on both sides of the sun caused by ice crystals , and a faint ice halo (Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland). | |||
[ [[:File:Sun_dog_and_ice_halo_in_Vatnajokull_National_Park,_Iceland_(Flightgear_2020.x).jpg|Screen shot of sundogs and faint halo]] ] | |||
====Exploring a new land==== | ====Exploring a new land==== | ||