Bridge engineering. The Sun is rising over Eastern UkraineHello, dear FlightGear users! No aircraft this time.
Here is the railroad bridge over Siverskyi Donets river, located in the small urban-type settlement of Raihorodok. On the 29th of April the bridge was destroyed by Russian airstrike. And the settlement itself has been located near the front line for the last several months and being shelled from the Russian side on a regular basis.
I saw a footage of the bridge had been destroyed, filmed by local residents, few hours later after it had happened. Despite never being to that place and never seeing this bridge with my own eyes, this footage made a grim impression on me. I felt shocked...
This bridge is located at a railway line between the cities of Lyman and Sloviansk. And the same day I decided to represent it in FlightGear in its "best" condition: as it was before the war, passing dozens of passenger and cargo trains every day!
It took two months for me to make a 3d-model. After it was completed, I uploaded it to FlightGear Scenery Website. Now it is distributed via TerraSync, so all of you who are using "standard" terrain and "standard" objects are able to see it. If someone is interested, you are welcome to visit this bridge by coordinates 48.918381 latitude and 37.743792 longitude, as well as the settlement of Raihorodok.
This is my first participation in the contest since the beginning of the war. And I want this image to be dedicated to all the civilians who perished during Russian aggression against Ukraine and all civilian infrastructure which was destroyed.
There will be Morning - and the Sun of peace will rise over Ukraine again!