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Interesting sights - My Distant Worlds journey

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 11:42 am
by Makharius
Thor's Eye Black Hole (love the light bending)

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The Lagoon Nebula, from the outside

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The Lagoon Nebula, from the inside

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The view from the Waypoint 3, inside the Omega Nebula

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One of the 4 undiscovered Earth-like I've found since the beginning of this journey

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Yesterday, while making my way from Omega to Eagle Nebula, i found this particularly awesome high metal content planet. I had never seen that much magma on a planet's surface. She was only 9 Ls away from her sun.

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2 ringed waterworlds I've discovered

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I will update with more interesting sights as our expedition progresses :)

Re: Interesting sights - My Distant Worlds journey

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 12:27 pm
by Xebeth
Great pics, love the 'Thor's Eye Black Hole' - if you have it in hi-res I'd love a copy as a desktop background.

Re: Interesting sights - My Distant Worlds journey

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 12:44 pm
by Makharius
Sadly, due to Windows 10 messing with my folder permissions, I do not have the black hole in HighRes, only in the steam screenshot format :(

Problem is fixed now though, so i'll make up for it at another black hole :D

Re: Interesting sights - My Distant Worlds journey

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 1:02 pm
by Avago-Earo
Amazing pics. That one of the magma planet is breathtaking. Cheers!

Re: Interesting sights - My Distant Worlds journey

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:24 am
by Makharius
Here are a few more screenshots taken at or near Eagle Nebula, the 4th waypoint. (All the screens from now on will be in high res converted to png, then uploaded on imgur)

A waterworld with the Eagle Nebula and the Pillars of Creation in the background.

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The stunning view from Mt.Magellan, the Waypoint 4 of the DWE

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A black hole approx. 500 Ly above Eagle Nebula, in the Byeia Eurk FG-Y g4 system. As a result, the galactic plane is much larger and we can have a nice light-bending effect ressembling an accretion disk.

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Same location, but with my fat asp, the Lord of Light, in it. Screenshots were taken 950km from the black hole.

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Next update coming this weekend, when we hit WP5

Re: Interesting sights - My Distant Worlds journey

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:57 pm
by Makharius
Update with some screenshots from around WP05

Just a sunrise from a lava planet's orbit

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Having some fun piloting in the rings of a star neighbouring the WP05 system

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The sunrise of a class-O star

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Preparing for a bit of canyon flying around 200Ly from WP5

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The galactic plane shining on a planet's dark side

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One of the best views i have seen in game so far, from CL Pismis 13 4, a ringed planet orbiting a ringed star in a class O system. The blue hue offers, imo, a stunning view.

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Next update will come next week once we have crossed WP06 and 07

Fly safe CMDR's o7

Re: Interesting sights - My Distant Worlds journey

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:33 pm
by Tryne
I really like your screenshots Makh, thanks for sharing

Re: Interesting sights - My Distant Worlds journey

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 1:52 pm
by Makharius
Good day and new update of this thread with screenshots from WP06 to WP09.

First, a nice view from the landing zone at WP6

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The first ringed ammonia world I've found, just a bit outside of WP6 Nebula

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A ringed "lava planet", I had never seen one before

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The stunning view from WP7

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A nice view from a moon orbiting a gas giant which is more than 3,100 Earth masses

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A flawless ringed water world near WP8

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Another lava planet. I so love these ones, can't wait to be able to land on them :P

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A ringed gas giant with an unusual color scheme (for me, at least), roughly 2,000 Ly below the galactic plane

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A small moon between WP8 and 9 so small you can see the curvature of the horizon

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An Earth-like world near the galactic core. As it is my first time here, I must've lost 10-15 minutes contemplating the scenery, in awe. This is why I bought Elite in the first place: to explore and see the galaxy, even if it is in a game.

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A ringed ammonia world, near WP9

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The black hole inside the deject nebula neighbouring our landing system, WP9.

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Same view, with my fat aspx

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We're due to hit Sagittarius A* next week, which is one of the goals I had when I bought this game, a month and a half ago. In the end, I'll go far beyond my expectations and go to Beagle Point, and I won't regret a minute of it. Maybe exploration is not the most profitable of all jobs in Elite, but the sights you can behold certainly outweigh that.

Next update soon™ :mrgreen: