Strange spire NNE of Truk

11-12-10, 11:46 AM

Playing TMO/RSRD and passed near Truk and see this tall spire sticking out the water at 152 deg 0E, 8 deg,0N. What is it? I don't know how to upload pics so I can only say where it is.

Buddahaid · 11-12-10, 12:04 PM

Lot's mistress?

tater · 11-12-10, 01:28 PM

Lot's Wife, aka Sofu Gan (jap name, USN guys called it Lot's Wife).

Fincuan · 11-12-10, 01:54 PM

There's plenty of underwater mountains and smaller islands in that area, so it's probably related to those.

Lot's Wife is situated a few thousand kilometers north.

Ducimus · 11-12-10, 03:16 PM

I think he might be referring to a terrain bug. There's this spike that comes out of the seafloor, to whatever altitude i don't know, i just know it reachs as high as you can see. It's REALLY weird looking.

tater · 11-12-10, 03:57 PM

True, and Lot's Wife is NNW, anyway I guess.

Armistead · 11-12-10, 04:32 PM

I call it Jack's beanstalk, funny, it extends as far as you can go up. Got some old SS's of it somewhere in the daytime, but found this night shot of it.

Good place to hide from planes

JoeCorrado · 11-12-10, 07:37 PM

aliens.

Diopos · 11-12-10, 08:07 PM

stairway to heaven ...

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WernherVonTrapp · 11-12-10, 11:02 PM

Ah yes, Ubisoft's monument to itself.

Kind of reminds me of the Washington monument, on lots of steroids.

Capt. Morgan · 11-12-10, 11:26 PM

I'm glad computer programmers didn't make the real world.

Sledgehammer427 · 11-12-10, 11:56 PM

I can see how this thing was created...
....late at night in Ubisoft Romania's Headquarters, the terrain designer is hard at work shaping the seabed floor with some oceanographic readouts. he's just finished with Truk and he accidentally dozes off on the mouse. What happened was he clicked on one pixel and never let go, creating an undetectable monolith rising from the sea floor.

tater · 11-13-10, 01:15 AM

Might be an artifact from the improved Truk reefs... All it would take is one bad pixel on the elevation map.

11-12-10, 11:46 AM	#1
jldjs Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Strange spire NNE of Truk Playing TMO/RSRD and passed near Truk and see this tall spire sticking out the water at 152 deg 0E, 8 deg,0N. What is it? I don't know how to upload pics so I can only say where it is.

11-12-10, 12:04 PM	#2
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Lot's mistress? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

11-12-10, 04:32 PM	#7
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I call it Jack's beanstalk, funny, it extends as far as you can go up. Got some old SS's of it somewhere in the daytime, but found this night shot of it. Good place to hide from planes Last edited by Armistead; 11-12-10 at 04:53 PM.

11-12-10, 07:37 PM	#8
JoeCorrado Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 366 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 5	aliens. __________________ ============= My Game starts with GFO - Keepin' it real as it needs to be!

11-12-10, 08:07 PM	#9
Diopos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, the original one. Posts: 1,226 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	stairway to heaven ... . __________________ - Oh God! They're all over the place! CRASH DIVE!!! - Ehm... we can't honey. We're in the car right now. - What?... er right... Doesn't matter! We'll give it a try anyway!

11-12-10, 01:28 PM	#3
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Lot's Wife, aka Sofu Gan (jap name, USN guys called it Lot's Wife).

11-12-10, 01:54 PM	#4
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	There's plenty of underwater mountains and smaller islands in that area, so it's probably related to those. Lot's Wife is situated a few thousand kilometers north.

11-12-10, 03:16 PM	#5
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I think he might be referring to a terrain bug. There's this spike that comes out of the seafloor, to whatever altitude i don't know, i just know it reachs as high as you can see. It's REALLY weird looking.

11-12-10, 03:57 PM	#6
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	True, and Lot's Wife is NNW, anyway I guess.

11-12-10, 11:02 PM	#10
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Ah yes, Ubisoft's monument to itself. Kind of reminds me of the Washington monument, on lots of steroids. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

11-12-10, 11:26 PM	#11
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11-12-10, 11:56 PM	#12
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	I can see how this thing was created... ....late at night in Ubisoft Romania's Headquarters, the terrain designer is hard at work shaping the seabed floor with some oceanographic readouts. he's just finished with Truk and he accidentally dozes off on the mouse. What happened was he clicked on one pixel and never let go, creating an undetectable monolith rising from the sea floor. __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

11-13-10, 01:15 AM	#13
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Might be an artifact from the improved Truk reefs... All it would take is one bad pixel on the elevation map.