OHM Valles Marineris mesh

[OrbitHangar]

Author: jonnybgoode

The Valles Marineris is a system of canyons located just south of the Martian equator. The system is about 4000 km (2487.5 miles) long, and, if on Earth, would extend all the way across the United States. The central individual troughs, generally 50 to 100 km (31 - 62 miles) wide, merge into a depression as much as 600 km (373 miles) wide. In places the canyon floor reaches a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), 6 to 7 times deeper than the Grand Canyon.

**NOTE - The Canyon in the addon CANNOT be flown though, only OVER, due to the canyon floor being positioned below the physical ground of Mars in Orbiter.

This is the original add-on by Robert Stettner (Foxtrot), that was posted on AVSIM on the 5th of November, 2002.  I edited and moved the config file to make this add-on compatible with 2010 P1, moved the mesh to the proper position (it was far to the northeast), and colorized the textures to make them more closely match the current Mars textures being used. The original textures are stored in a subfolder of the Textures folder (Valles Marineris original textures). I felt this add-on was too important to lose.


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[JonnyBGoode]

Note: The mesh is slightly larger than it ought to be (maybe 101% or so) so it doesn't perfectly line up with the planet's features... but close enough for government work. If someone wants to take it and tweak the mesh further, please feel free.

 

[IgnoreThisBarrel]

I imagine it could be fixed by a very small tweak of the scale of the mesh in the base config file.

 

[Wishbone]

It is very enjoyable even now. Thanks a lot!