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am so in love with the 28mm on the new camera! it can take the whole windowseat without me getting up from the couch
note the two framed photos: on the left is the gorgeous Kevin Davis image I was lucky enough to be high-bidder on in the first Katrina auction -- thanks Kevin! and on the right is the equally gorgeous leaf macro shot by Tsjeu, which he kindly didn't mind me presumptuously printing out myself...
As with my previous post, I've added notes to identify some of London's locations seen from my window seat on final approach into Heathrow.
Flying home yesterday. Taken somewhere over eastern Montana.
A cumulonimbus incus (Latin incus, "anvil") also known as an anvil cloud is a cumulonimbus cloud which has reached the level of stratospheric stability and has formed the characteristic flat, anvil-top shape. It signifies the thunderstorm in its mature stage, succeeding the cumulonimbus calvus stage. Cumulonimbus incus is a sub-form of Cumulonimbus capillatus. (Wikipedia)
I found a window of time to sit on the window seat and read a bit with a beautiful quilt to ward off the chill....this is where I stood today. #whereistandtoday#ourwisproject#windowseatreadingtime#beautifulquilt
Sophie gets those spastic bursts of kitten-energy & races around at top speed, & Louise watches with fascination...
On the way back to Singapore, another brilliant sunset. I'm sure the other passengers were annoyed when I kept lifting the shade to see what the sun was doing. But it was worth it.
Westbound across the Atlantic, a glint of setting sun catches the starboard raked wingtip of BA's Boeing 789 Dreamliner G-ZBKA.
(Added Note : For the aircraft enthusiasts who frequent this stream, to me the wing looks long, with little width compared to older aircraft designs. However, it must be something of an illusion because Boeing's wing size statistics are not significantly different to e.g. their 777 aircraft. Perhaps one reason for the 'illusion' is that the engines are mounted almost entirely in front of the wing? I couldn't see the starboard engine at all from window seat 38K half way down Bilge Class)
An early morning flight from Huntsville to Detroit in January of 2019. It's was a nice way to start another year of travel. You can see the sky warming up and the light just starting illuminate the Tennessee River at the south end of the city.
My lifelong interest in geography and maps prompts just one more post taken from the run in to Heathrow Airport over London's River Thames. This photo was taken very shortly after my previous post.
The most notable and recognisable feature is of course The O2. This multi-purpose arena was constructed under the former Millennium Dome, itself built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium. The dome shaped structure still stands over the arena and many still refer to the venue as The Dome. Just downstream, a tower like structure can be seen in the river with matching towers on the land to the other (north) side of the river. These belong to the Emirates Air Line, a cross river cable car operated by Transport for London but sponsored by Emirates.
Directly across from The O2 is Bow Creek leading into the River Lea. Towards the top right of the photo another small circular structure can be seen between the clouds. I believe it is now a museum and is the single remaining gas holder of East Greenwich Gas Works. To me of less interest is the green rectangle which is a golf range.
Traffic on the river itself on this particular day was mostly tourist related. However, the red ship at the top right indicates commercial traffic still exists.
Although the sun had set more than an hour previously, the far north sky never went completely dark. This is pretty much just how it was from Seat 48A, Finnair, Helsinki - Tokyo.
It was mostly cloudy on the short hop from Amsterdam back to the UK. However, as our plane descended down the ATC (Air Traffic Control) stack there were some good views of central London as we began the final run in to Heathrow.
I don't want to litter the entire photo with notes so will try to identify just some of the main buildings. I'm not that familiar with London so hope I have identified them correctly!
Big Ben is the tower adjacent to Westminster Bridge that crosses the River Thames. The main building alongside the river is the Palace of Westminster, containing the two Houses of Parliament, Commons and Lords. The lighter coloured building with two spires on the opposite side of the photo to Big Ben is Westminster Abbey. Just on the edge of that side of the photo, with a dome, is Central Hall, Westminster.
The building with a circular central courtyard houses several key government departments e.g. Her Majesty's Treasury; HM Revenue and Customs; Northern Ireland Office etc. More government departments are found in the adjacent building with a rectangular courtyard e.g. Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Wedged between that and the sandy coloured rectangle at the top right of the photo (Horse Guards Parade) is Downing Street with the Prime Minister's Office at No.10 and the Chancellor of the Exchequer at No.11.
St James's Park tops the photo with the Mall just out of sight running just beyond the top edge. Also just out of the picture in the top left corner will be Buckingham Palace, home of the Monarch.
Thanks Heathrow ATC for a grand aerial tour of the capital and British Airways for the window seat!
Taken approximately 2 minutes or 20 miles before my previous post, this photo from 38'000 shows sea ice drifting on wind and ocean currents off the northeast coast of Canada. Wisps of cloud can be seen especially in the bottom right corner. Viewed on large size, and remembering the photo is taken from over 7 miles (11.5 kms) high, it is striking just how large each 'plate' of ice must be.
One more post for luck from Greenland and then it is on to Texas.
I'm not sure which of the many glaciers these are so the geotag is approximate. The photo was taken from aboard UA4 at 38,000' over the south western corner of Greenland.
(The photo marks a century of window seat photos!)