If you ever fly to Japan, you’ll go over Siberia as part of the great circle route from the U.S. This is what it looks like from a plane window, about 37k feet up.
I hadn’t thought about that, but you’re right about it looking like a pond SN!
I think I might have been the only one awake on the plane at that point other than the stewards / esses and the pilots (hopefully!). I spent a good hour just staring out the window at this thinking “I wonder if this is what the surface of Pluto looks like?”
For those Star Trek fans out there, my friend who I was going to visit nailed it when he said : It’s like Rura Penthe!
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I don’t think you are off by much. That looks like a landscape shaped by liquid and solid water. The meanders and oxbows are typical of rivers flowing over a plain. The ponds, more likely large lakes, have the round shape characteristic of glacial remnants.
The other Siberian picture looks like it may be an example of basin and range geology.
Rocks, fire, ice and water, you don’t get much more elemental than that. If understanding what you are flying over interests you then the book Window Seat: Reading the Landscape from the Air might be one to add to your library. TeacherOff (Not really)
This was taken from a ski resort during the summertime (so no skiing) in the mountains near Eden, Utah. Off in the distance, you can see the Great Salt Lake, which is about 15 miles away, as the crow flies.
I’m really not sure where I took this, I think it was somewhere in Montana. That’s the problem with those damned mountain states, they’re so scenic that it’s hard to keep track of what’s where!
This is near the summit of Mt. Teide, on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It’s a volcano that rises to about 10,000 feet above sea level, which, since it is an island, means you can see down that whole way.
That’s the great thing about having that master diary up though, we can always go back and enjoy the pictures for weeks to come! Speaking of which, I should go hotlist that now…
If you ever fly to Japan, you’ll go over Siberia as part of the great circle route from the U.S. This is what it looks like from a plane window, about 37k feet up.
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That’s so desolate! And with nothing to add scale it looks alot like a closeup of ice on a pond.
I hadn’t thought about that, but you’re right about it looking like a pond SN!
I think I might have been the only one awake on the plane at that point other than the stewards / esses and the pilots (hopefully!). I spent a good hour just staring out the window at this thinking “I wonder if this is what the surface of Pluto looks like?”
For those Star Trek fans out there, my friend who I was going to visit nailed it when he said : It’s like Rura Penthe!
still my favorite. Because you took it out of the window of a plane and it looks so cool.
I like how you can see the geology in action. The oxbow lakes, some formed, others that soon will be isolated from their source to become ones also.
Flying over Siberia looks like Andi’s ice art photo. That must mean she has a mini-Siberia in her yard.
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I don’t think you are off by much. That looks like a landscape shaped by liquid and solid water. The meanders and oxbows are typical of rivers flowing over a plain. The ponds, more likely large lakes, have the round shape characteristic of glacial remnants.
The other Siberian picture looks like it may be an example of basin and range geology.
Rocks, fire, ice and water, you don’t get much more elemental than that. If understanding what you are flying over interests you then the book Window Seat: Reading the Landscape from the Air might be one to add to your library.
TeacherOff (Not really)
Another of Siberia, this time of some more mountainous terrain. I believe these are the Cherskogo Mountains.
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The Atlantis Resort & Casino in the Bahamas has a fantasic set of aquariums and sea life exhibits. This was my favorite because of how colorful it is.
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This is near Iron Mountain, MI. Make sure to go in the summertime so it’s not all snow and ice covered.
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My grandmother’s family came from near Iron Mountain, but I’ve never been there. It is gorgeous, as are your photos.
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This is a lake in Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming.
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This was taken from a ski resort during the summertime (so no skiing) in the mountains near Eden, Utah. Off in the distance, you can see the Great Salt Lake, which is about 15 miles away, as the crow flies.
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My most recent trip was to Avon, CO around Labor Day weekend. This was a city park about a block from where I was staying.
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I’m really not sure where I took this, I think it was somewhere in Montana. That’s the problem with those damned mountain states, they’re so scenic that it’s hard to keep track of what’s where!
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I think what you took a photo of are the channeled scablands of Lake Missoula. A lot more about this interesting geological feature is here.
This is near the summit of Mt. Teide, on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It’s a volcano that rises to about 10,000 feet above sea level, which, since it is an island, means you can see down that whole way.
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Just a picture of a part of a bonfire that I like.
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I’m so behind on looking at all the diaries — I can’t keep up!
Thanks olivia 🙂
That’s the great thing about having that master diary up though, we can always go back and enjoy the pictures for weeks to come! Speaking of which, I should go hotlist that now…
More great photos, ej. I love the airplane shots over siberia.
Great photos, ejmw! I especially liked the first Siberia shot.