SFO to JFK: Photo of the Week
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The US is really an amazing country; it has mountains, deserts, lakes, rivers, hills, small towns, glistening cities, and prairies. It has 4 seasons, multiple accents, a variety of religions, and a variety of cultures. Out of all of my travels around the globe it is probably the country with the most diversity of landscape and culture. It’s also big, from coast to coast it is 2,600 miles.
I’ve been fortunate to experience the diversity of the US by living on the east coast, west coast, and Midwest. This week I crossed over all of those areas on a flight from San Francisco to New York City. The day was crystal clear and I was able to take in the vast country dusted in snow from 30,000 feet.
I found myself mesmerized by the patterns and the geography out my window seat. We dipped in and out of snowy patches, and cloudbanks. Occasionally it would be completely clear displaying the checkerboard Midwest. As much as I love to travel outside the US, I realize that I don’t always give America the respect it’s due. I decided to share my window view with you; my view of America on my 5 hour flight.
I received the inspiration for this post from a post I read a long time ago from Keith from Velvet Escape who has a series of airplane views!
Wow Sherry, gorgeous shots the whole way!
Sherry, You did a good job of getting good photos through the airline window.
DAD
Certainly show how ORDERLY the Midwest is! 🙂
I love the neat grids of the farmlands across the centre of the US. It does show the diversity of your remarkable country.
Those are incredible shots Sherry! I admit I rarely take photos when flying but I’m inspired to try it out more now.
It is a good reason to get a window seat occasionally!
awesome, the Manhattan one was my favorite
Ha – I have to admit – that was a slight accident. I just wanted to take a pic of all of the lights. It wasn’t until I saw it on my screen that I realized I actually shot the island of Manhattan and you could see the park and Times Square! A pleasant surprise!
Wow, these are amazing!
Love these! That one of the “Snow covering the miles sections of the Midwest” Is outstanding. It looks like a map drawing. Great work Sherry.
I love this! And you’re right, window seat photos provide almost a surreal perspective of how humans have altered the landscape, and that those on the ground are totally unaware makes the effect all the more profound.
I’m a big fan of taking window seat photos as well – been doing it for years. I documented my flight back from India (via Dubai) in a similar way, taking shots along the way. That flight passed over very much uninhabited country, but the effect is the same I think, making that which is invisible to those on the ground totally and spectacularly apparent.
http://www.tentimesone.com/india-to-san-francisco-at-35000-feet/
I’m curious why you didn’t get any shots of the Rockies or the Appalachians.
I don’t believe that we flew over the Appalachians – or at least anything meaningful that I saw from my window seat. As for the Rockies – not sure – but I might have been sleeping during that time or there could have been cloud cover! I clearly was awake for the midwest portion!