What's this thing near the KSC?

[wossname]

Just spotted something in the Map view that I've never seen before in the mountains west of the KSC.

Flew over it in a jet and saw nothing on the ground that corresponds to it. It's among the most jagged and not-land-on-able part of the terrain in that area.

Anyone else seen this before? Is it worth sending a rover out there, or is it just a bug of some odd sort?

[LordFerret]

Can't see diddly-squat in that picture. I had to download it and open it with Gimp, then color curve adjustment revealed it. There is a monolith (anomaly) in the mountains west of KSC, but that's not its location - it's further west and south of there. That's more than likely a blip of terrain/elevation detail... evident elsewhere in that same image.

Edited August 24, 2015 by LordFerret

[wossname]

Sorry about the pic, I did actually GIMP it to increase the contrast but I guess the colour depth is pretty low in the map screen on the dark side of Kerbin at any rate.

It looks weird on my screen, it's really as if it's supposed to indicate some kind of deliberate surface feature. I shall send Val to investigate. Perhaps something will appear if I get within 2.5km of it?

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[LordFerret]

Well I know the terrain is pretty rugged there, and there's a pit (or valley?). Could be that. Fly a jet low and slow over the mountains, you'll find it. For the monolith/anomaly, you'll need to trek in on foot.

[wossname]

Disappointment

I landed nearby in daylight (when the anomaly is not visible) and warped in Map view until the anomaly became visible. It seems to blend in with the way sunlight lingers on the peaks of the mountains in the late evening. A few hours later the next day the sunlight engulfed the anomaly again. I suspect the location coincides with a very steep (perhaps literally vertical) surface in the terrain which might cause some lighting code to flip it's state in the Map view, nothing appears visible in flight though.

False alarm I guess. *shrug*

[Slam_Jones]

Here's my attempt to lighten and compare with a Kerbin map (also first time using GIMP, I changed the Hue setting to get the colors to "pop" a bit more): (EDIT: guess it was nothing anyway. Oh well!)

Edited August 24, 2015 by Slam_Jones

[wossname]

It's only visible at night for a few hours - and only from the proper Map screen - not from the Tracking Facility.

I shall try to find the precise location.

[Slam_Jones]

Hmm as far as I can tell, it does coincide pretty closely with the steepest part of the mountains there. I remember there being a lot of very steep cliffs and some (almost) flat pits in that area. Could just be texture/lighting issues.

But how cool would it be if it were an incredibly well-hidden easter egg? I mean I really (REALLY) doubt it is, but that'd be cool anyway

[windows_x_seven]

It's an anomaly on the Kerbin Dyson Sphere's solid holographic terrain.

Aliens will eventually fix it, when nobody's looking.

[Xyphos]

Aliens will eventually fix it, when nobody's looking.

An old movie from the 1980's, damn it's been so long, I'm going to watch it again.

[richfiles]

Haha! I love that movie!

[Plume & Akakak]

http://img.soundtrackcollector.com/cd/large/Batteries_not_included_BNI370486.jpg

An old movie from the 1980's, damn it's been so long, I'm going to watch it again.

Haven't watched it since the 80s ! In France, its title was mysteriously translated to "Miracle sur la 8ème Rue", so "Miracle on 8th Street". :|

EDIT : personal mystery solved. It was in reference to Miracle on 34th Street.

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Also, Dave's Puppy

Edited August 25, 2015 by Plume & Akakak

[Xyphos]

Also, Dave's Puppy

it was fun to watch until they started playing Hanson, at which point, I promptly turned it off.

[Plume & Akakak]

^

Haha, come on, it's a kid movie.

I didn't even pay attention to the music (for once).