Leg 141, Khash, Iran to Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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Good flight, although terrain quality in Pakistan is below average. There is also the general problem of over and under exposure of the aerial images. Farm land always looks very dark against the very bright desert terrain. I assume most of the aerial data is pretty old and not captured in HDR.
01-09 Vasht OI0G 8:37 PM
01-09 Iran Shahr OIZI 8:59 PM
01-09 Konarak OIZC 9:38 PM
01-09 Konarak OIKO 9:43 PM
01-09 Jiwani OPJI 10:11 PM
01-09 Gwadar Intl OPGD 10:24 PM
01-09 Pasni OPPI 10:47 PM
01-09 Ormara OPOR 11:18 PM
01-09 Masroor AB OPMR 11:56 PM
01-10 Sharea Faisal OPSF 12:05 AM
01-10 Jinnah Intl OPKC 12:07 AM
01-10 Wateji OP1F 12:14 AM
01-10 Gharo OPKF 12:22 AM
01-10 Hyderabad OPKD 12:39 AM
01-10 Talhar OPTH 12:57 AM
01-10 Mirpur Khas OPMK 1:19 AM
01-10 Kadanwari OPKW 1:54 AM
01-10 Sukkur OPSK 2:12 AM
01-10 Jacobabad Mil OPJA 2:30 AM
Continuous very bad stuttering, restart
01-10 Jacobabad Mil OPJA 2:37 AM
01-10 Sui OPSU 2:52 AM
01-10 Kashmor OP31 3:03 AM
01-10 Sheikh Zayed OPRK 3:17 AM
01-10 Kot Samaba OPKS 3:25 AM
01-10 Mad Juma OP13 3:29 AM
01-10 Khanpur OPKP 3:43 AM
01-10 Bahawalpur OPBW 4:08 AM
Flight time 7:38 25 stops
Chasing the moon before dawn, the moon pointing to where the sun will be coming up
Coming up on Gwadar, located on the shores of the Arabian Sea opposite Oman
Gwadar was an overseas possession of Oman from 1783 to 1958
Currently a fast growing port city
Odd terrain, duplicated at Ormara a bit further on
Gwadar in 10 minutes
Along the coast to Ormara
Ormara ahead, another hammer head sticking out the landscape
Ormara turtle beach is along the coast here
Green sea turtles come here to lay their eggs along the Balochistan coast
The pandemic has been very beneficial for the green sea turtles and other marine life
(However plastic pollution is up from the pandemic, benefits might be short lived)
Odd terrain, a giant wave breaker
Hingol National Park along the coast
Hingol river making its way to the Arabia Sea
Stunning cliffs in Hingol National Park
Karachi, capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh and the largest city in Pakistan
Good place to check out some of the culture in the National Museum of Pakistan
Mazar E Quaid, Jinnah Mausoleum, honoring the founder of Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) became Pakistan’s first Governer-General when Pakistan gained independence on August 14th 1947, following the end of the British Raj.
Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan not to be confused with Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Norai Sharif, transition from desert to farmland
Following one of the many irrigation canals
Chotiary wetlands complex
Makhi Forest, named after the small bees which make their honeycombs in the trees inside the forest
Sukkur along the western bank of the Indus River
Lansdowne Bridge from the screenshot above, designed by Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel
When completed in 1889, the bridge was the largest cantilever bridge in the world. It’s purpose was to replace the steam ferry crossing to complete the railway link between Lahore and the major port of Karachi on the Arabian Sea. The large arch of the 1962 Ayub Bridge can be seen behind the Lansdowne Bridge.
I flew on to Bahawalpur, mostly over flat terrain, farm land with irrigation canals. Terrain quality degraded with the underexposure effect turning all farm land into dark brown patches while the sand parts looked bleached out. Tomorrow back into the mountains, Afghanistan next.