One thing I am impressed by in the new sim is all the varied water colors. It has its obvious flaws but I think its really great. There is everything from muddy waters like the Mississippi River often is to ponds of various colors and not long ago I took off across the Chesapeake Bay and it was an exact match for looks that bay sometimes gets. Heres just a few examples:
Florida - not far from Orlando:
Galveston Texas area:
Chesapeake Bay Bridge:
Grand Canyon:
New Orleans:
I found this in the Florida Keys (Tavernier?). I think its a Heron:
and just for the heck of it: (an RKBridger bridge I believe with New Orleans in the distance: