"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Last week i looked at some real photos of earth's sky > and found out, that the sky color in flightgear only corresponds > with the color of the real sky when it is a raining day or when you are in > an area that has a high air pollution.
Actually, humidity level on fair weather days is a major factor. You will only see those very blue skies on very dry late fall and winter days (in Maine anyway). > > Here is an example photo of the real sky: > http://www.jeffphillips.org/gallery/WesternSky/aao > This sky of this photo matches the current sky color of flightgear perfectly. > > But here is another real world photo showing a nice sunny day: > http://home.att.net/~thewrittenword/sky/street-031023-9.jpg > You can see, in this case, the current sky color of flightgear is completly > wrong. > This photo is extremely blue and does not display accurate color. Take a look at the color of the shaded side of the house on the right and the house on the very left to see clearly what I am talking about. <snip> > And because the color matches the real sky color on a nice day > much better now i think flightgear should have a feature that > allows us to switch the color of the sky to the right color for > different weather and pollution conditions. > The old sky color for rainy days and the new one for sunny days. > > This would allow us to simulate both weather conditions perfectly. > Your suggestion sounds interesting, but those screen shots are way too blue. We get a lot of those dry polution free days here in Maine. And it doesn't look like that. Keep in mind that your optical sense can be a tricking thing. Print a picture that exactly matches the color on your screen and take it outside on a nice clear day to see how well it really matches. Best, Jim _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
