Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:13 am
Thanks to everyone for the nice comments. They are really appreciated.
Here is a simulated aerial view in the direction of Mount Whitney from directly above Mount San Antonio, at elevation 300,000 feet (about 56.8 miles above sea level). The black lines are meridians, running due north-south. The red lines are the California state boundary. From this elevation, Oregon can be seen on the horizon.
This may help people visualize the relative locations of the peaks and the perspective from the direction of Mt. San Antonio.
The colors are completely based on elevation, not actual Earth colors.
As with the previous image, my program is capable of producing a better-resolution image of the topography, but I wanted to make one quickly for display here, so this is the low-res version:
Here is a simulated aerial view in the direction of Mount Whitney from directly above Mount San Antonio, at elevation 300,000 feet (about 56.8 miles above sea level). The black lines are meridians, running due north-south. The red lines are the California state boundary. From this elevation, Oregon can be seen on the horizon.
This may help people visualize the relative locations of the peaks and the perspective from the direction of Mt. San Antonio.
The colors are completely based on elevation, not actual Earth colors.
As with the previous image, my program is capable of producing a better-resolution image of the topography, but I wanted to make one quickly for display here, so this is the low-res version: