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VFR-Mesh Canary Islands |
FS2002 and FS2004
VFR-Mesh Scenery of
Canary Islands (Spain)
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Ortophoto-Mesh
CANARY ISLANDS
Km2: 7500
Made in LOD 10 Mesh + 1m/pixel
ortophotos original resolution |
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Published in
Flight X Press #1
Fsplanet.com's team is proud to read about our VFR Canary Islands
Photo-Mesh Scenery in FlightXPress... #1 German magazine. Even the
Hierro Island has been used for the cover of the magazine!!!. Follow
these links (PDF Format) to check it out.
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Canary Islands VFR Review
Aero Virtual published a really good and detailed review of our
successful Canary Islands VFR Scenery. Excellent review with good
screenshots are available in Aero Virtual Site.
Click here |
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This is the area covered by this scenery |
The Happy Islands
This paradisiac group of islands, with a preferred climate and constant
temperature through all the year, and splendid beaches of fine sand,
consists of 7 larger islands (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote,
Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera, Hierro) and a few smaller ones (Alegranza,
Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Roque del Este, Roque del Oeste und Lobos).
Surprisingly, the landscape of each island is radically different to the
others.
Already Greeks and Romans reported on this archipelago of volcanic origins,
and called it the Happy Islands, Garden of the Hesperides, Atlantida,
... Some historians suppose that the legendary continent Atlantis
was located here. The islands' original population, called Guanches,
is tall and of white skin.
In 1496 the islands became part of the Spanish kingdom, a short period of
time later the ships of Christopher Columbus stopped here on their travel
to discover the New World.
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Tenerife Island
Island of Eternal Springtime
Tenerife is the largest island of the archipelago. There are most
varied landscapes: a mountain range with the mighty volcanic crater
Cañadas del Teide, with a diameter of 20 kilometers, and the 3.718
meters high Teide in its center; extremely fertile valleys with
important cultures of bananas and tomatoes; and a seaside offering as
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Gran Canaria
The Small Continent
... that is how this island is called because of its extremely varied
landscapes with European, African and even American vegetation. The
mountain range in the island's center, of a height of about 2000
meters, is cut by some bizarre canyons.
Hardly anywhere else you can find such different landscapes and even
climatical zones being geographically that close one to each other:
mountain massives, desert land, tropical forrests, ...
Along the seaside there are wide beaches of sand, and while elsewhere
people are shuddering of cold, here the tourists are lying in the sun
and looking at those mountainpeaks being covered with snow ...
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La Palma
The Beautiful Island
La Palma, the green island, has to show two world records:
La Caldera del Taburiente is the world's largest volcanic crater,
with a diameter of 9 kilometers and a depth of 770 meters. From the
view-point Mirador de la Cumbrecita this terrific natural
monument can be overlooked best. On the other hand you will find at La
Palma the greatest elevation compared to the diameter. The island's
highest mountain, Roque de los Muchachos, with an astronomical
observatory at its peak, measures 2423 meters.
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La Gomera
Island of Mountains
This island is characterised by its central massif of a height of 1487
meters, dropping steeply to the sea. The region of Alto de
Garajonay was declared a National Park.
Particularly interesting are the population's very old and original
popular customs. The inhabitants of the different valleys use to
communicate with each other in a whistling language, comparable to the
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Hierro
Small Unknown Island
The smallest island of the archipelago is an ideal place to make
relaxing holidays in direct contact with nature. Its steep rocky coast
is very different from the wide beaches which are dominating on the
islands, though we find here as well a beach of 14 kilometers length,
at Golfo.
From the central tableland, with volcanic craters and nice woods, and
its highest peak, Malpaso (1.501 m), you will have a great
panorama. |
 
 
 
 
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Lanzarote
Landing on the Moon
Lanzarote is different, not only compared to the other islands, but to
everything else on this planet. This extraordinary landscape seems to
be of another world, and the inhabitants of the islands use to say
that God forgot of Lanzarote on the Seventh Day of the Creation.
Lanzarote is of volcanic origin, as the other islands of the
archipelago as well, but here volcanos have been active still in 18th
and 19th century. Great parts of its surface are covered
with ashes and lava, making you feel that you were on the moon.
Anyhow, Lanzarote's inhabitants made a great effort to cultivate this
land, and today you find large plantations of fruits and vegetables.
Most surprising is perhaps the region of Geria, with
vineyards between volcanic craters.
Not to forget about are also the works of great Canarian architect and
artist Cesar Manrique, adding more attractions to this unique
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Fuerteventura
The Old Land
Fuerteventura, the island with the oldest history, has the longest
beaches of all the archipelago, of wonderful fine sand.
Only a narrow channel separates Fuerteventura from the African
continent. It is a paradise equally for spending holidays at the beach
as for fishing. There are great beaches even very close to the islands
capital, Puerto Rosario.
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