Gravity wins: 'planes coming down

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Jack's aerial photos from north of San Francisco and Seattle

By Jack Brummet, Travel Editor

Of all the places I've flown over the last few years--in Asia, Europe, Mexico, and around the U.S.--I have never really thought about taking pictures from the plane. When I tried years ago, they never really turned out. I think I'll do this from now on. It's pretty fun.  You definitely get a foggy haze from having to shoot through two layers of plexiglas, but especially in Seattle, where you often swoop in low and close as you head east to the airport, you get some pretty amazing views.  It's always nice to fly home to Seattle.

Farms in Northern California. I always love those grids broken up by roads and curves

My plane home from SF today flew almost directly over my house, but I didn't whip the camera out until we were over Queen Anne/Downtown. Good view of the Needle, EMP, the arches at the Science Center, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (among many other buildings wharves, piers, streets, and parks).

 

Mount I don't know.  It must not be a giant--Mount Rainier, Shucksan, Baker, Hood, 

etc., are covered  in snow. That may even be a glacier along the top ridge (can't tell).

a slice of downtown Seattle and the waterfront

waterfront 

close up of Seattle Center/EMP/Gates Foundation 

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