These were all taken by me..some were split second shots that I got..you'll know which ones.
P.S. Fozz I dont think I have any on the countryside this is the closest to it that you will see. 8-)
Never fear, Tcco...

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I got a couple of views from your shots, and some details and Photo's from the Salinas Web Site...

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It looks as though you either had the usual West Coast Sea Mist, or it was Heat Haze, in the distance...

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...but it looked as though the weather was good for the Show... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!
Following your Post, I took a Sim Flight from Salinas Airfield, down the Salinas Valley, following the Salinas River, to Paso Robles, in my little Cessna 150 Aerobat....
...the Sim Scenery is remarkably similar to the "Real Scenery" in various Photographs and Maps, which I observe!
...another reason why I enjoy daily Sim Flying in California...(sorry, Andrew!)...
..."As real as it gets!"*....

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Paul...G-BPLF....FS 2004..FS Navigator...and some fresh Salinas Tomatoes...

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* ...probably because the MS Flight Sim Scenery Programmers are/were based in Silicon Valley!...

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