Thanks AK416, really appreciated
For me most of the areas look very familiar. It is really amazing to see how detailed the scenery is as it didn't take me very long to recognise every area.
The top pictures are the dunes near a place called Wassenaar (roughly 10k South from where I live). I recognise the parking areas and the cycling path, which I frequently take. Its an area in which water is injected and filtered, to supply drinking water for The Hague, which you can see further South along the coast.
At the second picture you are still above the very south of Wassenaar at the border with The Hague (Very close to the US embassy). At the right side of the image you can see Duindigt, where they do horse racing.
The third picture is very recognisable. These are the Kagerplassen Originally these lakes were part of the large lake called Haarlemmermeer. Over the centuries many polder were created to turn the water in usable land. The airport Schiphol is in one of these polders and actually over 5 meter below sea level.......... The village you see at the centre left is Warmond. I live in the village Noordwijk you can just see at the top right at the coast.
I have done quite some sailing on these lakes.
The fourth picture shows the city of Nieuw Vennep including an area called Getsewoud. Which was still a tiny village a few decades ago, but is growing quite fast to house all the people who work in the area around Amsterdam. The villige in is the middle of the large polder in which you can find Schiphol airport as well. In the back you see the lake called "Westeinderplas" (West end lake). I see the shadows of a few (new) high tension poles, but the actual poles are missing.
The fifth picture is the village of Zandvoort with its circuit. It a small 20k North of where I live. As you can see the circuit is actually at the edge of a preserved nature area.
The last picture shows the "Amsterdamse duinwaterleiding", just south of Zandvoort. Again an area in which water from the large rivers is injected to let the fine sands of the dunes filter it. This time to supply drinking water to the city of Amsterdam. The area is really beautiful and has a very rich wildlife.
The water extracted from the dunes is only 2% of the required amount of water. Large quantities of water are filtered in treated in large plants near the IJsselmeer, now the relatively small amount of water extracted from the dunes is just used to improve the taste of the water.
Thanks again, and again I'm really amazed as it really looks like it looks in the sim....
Huub
