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Clearing things up
Back in 2009 I shot the picture above from a plane flight on approach to SFO. On Flickr (at that link) the photo has had 16,524 views and has been faved 420 times as of now. Here’s the caption: These … Continue reading →
Posted in Friends, infrastructure, Photography, Science
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Tagged "salt ponds", aerial photography, aviation, color, flying, Photography, window seat
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Another shot down the lens barrel
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
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Tagged aerial, flying, los angeles, Photography, windowseat, windowshot
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Flying larger
I want to fly in one of these — an Airbus 380. From the looks of the interior shots here, it’s an upscale airport lounge that flies. But that’s not what interests me. What I like are the positions of … Continue reading →
Posted in Travel
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Tagged "United Airlines", 777, a380, airbus, b777, Emirates, flying, jumbo jet, window seat
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On the sky again
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
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Tagged aerial, bos-ord-msp, flying, ord-msp, weather
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Fallings from altitude
So I shot a bunch of pictures of Niagara Falls from 35,000 above, on a trip last week from San Francisco to Boston. Click on the pic for the whole set. Interesting to think that the falls are only about … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, infrastructure, Places, Travel
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Tagged altitude, buffalo, Canada, falls, flying, goat island, hydro, hydro-electric generation, lake erie, lake ontario, new york, Niagara, Niagara Falls, Niagara Frontier, Niagara River, Ontario, rapids, river, us
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Up and a way
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
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Tagged aerial, flying, sfo, sfo-bos, sfobos, tony mamone, united, windowseat, zimbio
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Flying higher
I may be wrong, but I’ll betting that Esther Dyson is already the most frequent flyer on Earth. Now she’s looking to fly at higher altitudes. Here’s the latest on her Edventure site: UPDATE: I’m currently living in Star City … Continue reading →
Posted in Fun, Life, News, Science, Travel, Uncategorized
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Tagged astronaunt, edventure, Esther, Esther Dyson, Flight School, flying, space, spacetravel
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Flying smarter
The more I fly, the more useful, or at least interesting, the NOAA‘s AviationWeather.gov service becomes. At any given moment it has dozens of different reports on weather at altitude, across North America. The one above is among the many … Continue reading →
Posted in Business, Gear, Life, Places, problems, Science, Travel
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Tagged aviation, aviationweather.gov, bos, Boston, faa, flighttrack, flying, iad, noaa, severe turbulence, sfo, turbulence, turbulenceforecast, washington
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Picture These
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
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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
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