26-03-2010, 07:47 PM
These are screenshots from only my second FSX flight just using the default 737 and scenery. From Astana,Kazakhstan to Almaty.
Departing Astana, there is a lake near the airport as seen here shortly after takeoff.
![[Image: fsx2010-03-2511-24-24-02.jpg]](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/Spokane/FSX/fsx2010-03-2511-24-24-02.jpg)
A giant lake in Kazakhstan you encounter between Astana and Almaty named Balkhash.
![[Image: fsx2010-03-2511-37-07-35.jpg]](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/Spokane/FSX/fsx2010-03-2511-37-07-35.jpg)
![[Image: fsx2010-03-2511-36-52-74.jpg]](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/Spokane/FSX/fsx2010-03-2511-36-52-74.jpg)
Some river obviously.
![[Image: fsx2010-03-2511-42-48-86.jpg]](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/Spokane/FSX/fsx2010-03-2511-42-48-86.jpg)
The mighty Kirghiz Mountain Range which towers over Almaty and runs along the border with Kyrgyzstan. Coming in from the north poses no challenges, as
for the south, once or twice I underestimated those mountains and nearly ran into them in a 747 in a flight from Mumbai to Almaty. Then departing back
to Mumbai I did run into them, so I planned a route around them, as I should have done in the first place.
![[Image: fsx2010-03-2511-55-56-98.jpg]](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/Spokane/FSX/fsx2010-03-2511-55-56-98.jpg)
Post Edited ( 03-26-10 19:48 )
Departing Astana, there is a lake near the airport as seen here shortly after takeoff.
![[Image: fsx2010-03-2511-24-24-02.jpg]](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/Spokane/FSX/fsx2010-03-2511-24-24-02.jpg)
A giant lake in Kazakhstan you encounter between Astana and Almaty named Balkhash.
![[Image: fsx2010-03-2511-37-07-35.jpg]](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/Spokane/FSX/fsx2010-03-2511-37-07-35.jpg)
![[Image: fsx2010-03-2511-36-52-74.jpg]](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/Spokane/FSX/fsx2010-03-2511-36-52-74.jpg)
Some river obviously.
![[Image: fsx2010-03-2511-42-48-86.jpg]](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/Spokane/FSX/fsx2010-03-2511-42-48-86.jpg)
The mighty Kirghiz Mountain Range which towers over Almaty and runs along the border with Kyrgyzstan. Coming in from the north poses no challenges, as
for the south, once or twice I underestimated those mountains and nearly ran into them in a 747 in a flight from Mumbai to Almaty. Then departing back
to Mumbai I did run into them, so I planned a route around them, as I should have done in the first place.
![[Image: fsx2010-03-2511-55-56-98.jpg]](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/Spokane/FSX/fsx2010-03-2511-55-56-98.jpg)
Post Edited ( 03-26-10 19:48 )