Tag Archives: aerial

Places

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Doc Searls

Let’s say you want to improve the Wikipedia page for Clayton Indiana with an aerial photograph. Feel free to use the one above. That’s why I shot it, posted it, and licensed it permissively. It’s also why I put a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, education, Photography, Places | Tagged aerial, Geography, Photography, sony a7iv | Leave a comment

Another shot down the lens barrel

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Doc Searls

Hey, this is cool: CoolLAj Magazine includes this shot in La La Land at It’s Best: Photos of LA: It was near the end of a series of flights from Copenhagen to Santa Barbara, and easily the best of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun, Geography, infrastructure, Photography, Travel | Tagged aerial, flying, los angeles, Photography, windowseat, windowshot | Leave a comment

Colors of salt

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Doc Searls

Before the salt in evaporating sea water turns white, it goes through stages of color that range from jade green to brick red, with variations of orange, yellow and other colors. From above the salt ponds around San Francisco Bay … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Places, Travel | Tagged "salt ponds", "San Francisco Bay", "United Airlines", aerial, aviation, bos-sfo, flight, salt, salt pond, sfo, ual, windowseat, windowshot | 4 Comments

Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge fly-by

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Doc Searls

The shot above, made on Sunday out the window of a plane on approach to Las Vegas, comes three and a half years after this shot, which I took from the ground at Hoover Dam. Here’s a whole set of … Continue reading →

Posted in Past, Photography, Places, Travel | Tagged aerial, Arizona Geology, aviation, Colrado River, Geology, Hoover Dam Bypass, Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge | 4 Comments

On the sky again

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Doc Searls

Flying from Boston to Minneapolis by way of Chicago today. The second leg is through the middle of this: Shouldn’t be much to see out the window. But I’m looking forward to talking tomorrow morning at MinneWebCon. The title is … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Photography, Places | Tagged aerial, bos-ord-msp, flying, ord-msp, weather | 4 Comments

Looking over St. Louis

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Doc Searls

Got these shots of St. Louis and the convergence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers while flying to Austin by way of Chicago two Fridays ago. You can see the Gateway Arch, right of center, Busch Stadium, the Edward Jones … Continue reading →

Posted in Geology, infrastructure, Photography, Places, Sports, Travel | Tagged 2008_03_13, aerial, bos-ord-aus, Busch Stadium, Canon Powershot 850is, City Museum, eads, Eads Bridge, Edward Jones Dome, Gateway Arch, Illinois, infrastructure, Martin Luther King Bridge, mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Photography, Poplar Street Bridge, St. Louis, ual, united, united arilines, windowseat, windowshot | 12 Comments

Up and a way

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Doc Searls

Sitting by Gate 88 at SFO, waiting to board United’s next Boston flight. I just took my chances and ordered a short dry decaf cappuccino. I figured I had a good chance of getting what I wanted because the coffee … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Business, Life, Places, Travel | Tagged aerial, flying, sfo, sfo-bos, sfobos, tony mamone, united, windowseat, zimbio | 9 Comments

Picture These

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Doc Searls

So I’m here in the Bolt Bus from Boston to New York. There’s wi-fi on board, and power outlets in the backs of most seats. But the wi-fi is slow, so I’m on a Sprint EvDO card. Getting about 1Mb … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Photography, Places, Travel | Tagged "Santa Barbara", aerial, alps, aviation, Boston, desert west, flying, france, germany, jura, las vegas, los angeles, mountains, Photography, san francisco, sky, spring, switzerland, winter | Leave a comment

Going from San Francisco

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Doc Searls

Got some nice shots of San Francisco and Marin on Sunday, as we flew off to Chicago on the first leg of the trip home from Thanksgiving in California. Actually, my kid shot most of them, since he had the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Fun, Geology, Photography, Places, Travel | Tagged "Mt. Tam", "Mt. Tamalpias", 2008_11_30, aerial, Photography, sfo-ord, Tamalpias, windowseat, windowshot | Leave a comment

Whetlands

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Doc Searls

These are a few among the many salt ponds that ring the south end of San Francisco Bay. Once considered and agricultural innovation and an economic boom, the practice of “reclaiming” wild wetlands for industrial purposes is now considered ecologically … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Geology, Health, infrastructure, Life, Photography, Politics, problems, Science | Tagged "salt ponds", "San Francisco Bay", aerial, approach, Cargill, descent, environment, flight, salt, wetlands | 9 Comments