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OK, here are some shots taken of Nevada (by Elko Regl) and comparison shots from FSX

Sorry about the last one, but was taken from a fiberglass waist gunner window in a B-17



no river...

Texas is not a desert either...  >:(

most of the FSX winter / summer time textures for Texas show most of the state as being a sand dune. when in reality, just about every inch of the Eastern half of the state looks like friggin' Ireland in the Spring. of course a lot of that depends on the wetness of winter, but even in a fairly dry winter things in the Eastern half of the state are fairly green.

right now i can assure you that if were to fly anywhere in the Eastern 50% of the state of Texas it would be green rolling hills and plains, with lush green pine trees and oak trees and deep green grass. Even portions of the western half of Texas are fairly Green right now.

Yeah, i'm really tired of the USA textured as the Sahara desert  and I can't download the scenery that fixes that (WAY to big!)

Hey rabbit, that just gave me an idea! Download the FSX texture fixes for USA. It said that it fixes the "desert" problem. 8-)

...it's a funny old do...

But our views of the Nevada Desert outside of Las Vegas in "CSI" on the Television, always show sandy, dusty desert, covered with dry shrub...and very little else... ...?

And the Arizona Desert, in the Cowboy films, is always bare rocks and sand...

And Texas just has lots of Cows and Cowboys messing about in sand... ...!

I think the U.S. is a very sandy place...full of sand.... ... ... ...!

Paul...England is green and grassy...with trees... ...!

...it's a funny old do...

But our views of the Nevada Desert outside of Las Vegas in "CSI" on the Television, always show sandy, dusty desert, covered with dry shrub...and very little else... ...?

And the Arizona Desert, in the Cowboy films, is always bare rocks and sand...

And Texas just has lots of Cows and Cowboys messing about in sand... ...!

I think the U.S. is a very sandy place...full of sand.... ... ... ...!

Paul...England is green and grassy...with trees... ...!

And Tea!!!

This is what I refer to when I study the geology of the USA for my Flights/Tours...>>>>



Note Nevada and Arizona....and part of Texas......
...not a lot of "green"......!

Paul... 8-)...!

watch it trojan.... we brits have plent of fight left in us... mainly because we point out weapons at the enemy.

tbf paul has a point.... a large part of the US is desert and mountains.... but MS can not get everything right.... even though they get very little right in the first place... i mean England isnt a pancake but we brits just download a mesh and get on with it

Arizona Upland Desert: That elevated portion of the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona characterized by Saguaro Cactus.

Black Rock Desert: A subdivision of the Great Basin Desert located in northwestern Nevada just northeast of Pyramid Lake.

Borrego Desert: The portion of the Sonoran Desert area just west of the the Salton Trough of southeast California.

Colorado Desert: The California portion of the Sonoran Desert west of the Colorado River.

Escalante Desert: A subdivision of the Great Basin desert just west of Cedar Breaks in southwestern Utah.

Great American Desert: An ill-defined, semiarid region of the Great Plains, or, all of the North American deserts combined.

Great Sandy Desert: A subdivision of the Great Basin Desert located in southeastern Oregon.

Northern Mojave Desert: The Mojave north of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Magdalena Desert: The Sonoran Desert on the lowest third of the Baja Peninsula.

North American Desert: The vast arid region between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada of western North America, encompassing all four major American deserts

Painted Desert: This term is used differently by different writers:

A narrow desert strip running west of the Grand Canyon, north-to-south along U.S. Route 89, then turning east along Interstate 40 to just beyond Petrified Forest National Monument.
OR
The entire region from the northern boundary of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona to southwestern Colorado and southern Utah, encompassing the Colorado River, the Colorado Plateau and its numerous parks and monuments.

Red Desert: The semiarid region of southwestern Wyoming, sometimes considered an extension of the Great Basin Desert.

Sevier Desert: A subdivision of the Great Basin desert just northwest of Delta in south-central Utah.

Smoke Creek Desert: A subdivision of the Great Basin Desert located in northwestern Nevada abutting the north end of Pyramid Lake.

Southern Mojave Desert: The Mojave south of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Trans-Pecos Desert: The Chihuahuan Desert west of Texas' Pecos River.

Upland Desert: (See Arizona Upland Desert.)

Vizcaino Desert: The Sonoran Desert on the middle third of the Baja Peninsula.

Yuha Desert:That portion of the Sonoran Desert between Ocotillo and El Centro, California, south across the Mexican border.

Yuma Desert: That portion of the Sonoran Desert just east of the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona.

Arizona Upland Desert: That elevated portion of the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona characterized by Saguaro Cactus.

Black Rock Desert: A subdivision of the Great Basin Desert located in northwestern Nevada just northeast of Pyramid Lake.

Borrego Desert: The portion of the Sonoran Desert area just west of the the Salton Trough of southeast California.

Colorado Desert: The California portion of the Sonoran Desert west of the Colorado River.

Escalante Desert: A subdivision of the Great Basin desert just west of Cedar Breaks in southwestern Utah.

Great American Desert: An ill-defined, semiarid region of the Great Plains, or, all of the North American deserts combined.

Great Sandy Desert: A subdivision of the Great Basin Desert located in southeastern Oregon.

Northern Mojave Desert: The Mojave north of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Magdalena Desert: The Sonoran Desert on the lowest third of the Baja Peninsula.

North American Desert: The vast arid region between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada of western North America, encompassing all four major American deserts

Painted Desert: This term is used differently by different writers:

A narrow desert strip running west of the Grand Canyon, north-to-south along U.S. Route 89, then turning east along Interstate 40 to just beyond Petrified Forest National Monument.
OR
The entire region from the northern boundary of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona to southwestern Colorado and southern Utah, encompassing the Colorado River, the Colorado Plateau and its numerous parks and monuments.

Red Desert: The semiarid region of southwestern Wyoming, sometimes considered an extension of the Great Basin Desert.

Sevier Desert: A subdivision of the Great Basin desert just northwest of Delta in south-central Utah.

Smoke Creek Desert: A subdivision of the Great Basin Desert located in northwestern Nevada abutting the north end of Pyramid Lake.

Southern Mojave Desert: The Mojave south of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Trans-Pecos Desert: The Chihuahuan Desert west of Texas' Pecos River.

Upland Desert: (See Arizona Upland Desert.)

Vizcaino Desert: The Sonoran Desert on the middle third of the Baja Peninsula.

Yuha Desert:That portion of the Sonoran Desert between Ocotillo and El Centro, California, south across the Mexican border.

Yuma Desert: That portion of the Sonoran Desert just east of the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona.

...like I been saying all along.....

...its all bloody SAND!... ...!

Paul....Just call me Sandy... ...!

...LOL... ...!

ok, hi sandy

Arizona Upland Desert: That elevated portion of the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona characterized by Saguaro Cactus.

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...like I been saying all along.....

...its all bloody SAND!... ...!

Paul....Just call me Sandy... ...!

...LOL... ...!

Yes, it is desert but just look at the magic a little water can do to to this old desert.

But it is a sad misrepresentation of what are the complex textures of the real world.  I haven't yet bought Ultimate Terrain X for USA, but intend to.  Has anyone installed and tried it? Does it make a difference.

Yes they messed up New Mexico too, a simple improvemetnt hat helped was fsg landclass.

Well, they messed up quite a few countries, so don't act like they are singling you Nevadans out.

- Italy
-Australia
-America
-Germany
-Russia

These are just a few, and as major countries, are unacceptable.

[Opera singer]

Landclaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssss!

[/Opera singer]

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