Window Seat (photos from air travel)

<p>Flight details are welcome! :)</p>

<center><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8380/8507757719_8386097343_z.jpg" alt="Serpentine" width="612" height="612" /></center>

<p>Flight from ORD to JAX. Not sure where this is. I saw the river off in the distance as we approached, with the sun glinting off the water. As "luck" would have it, the window started to frost up, but I still managed to get a shot. Droid X</p>

<p>This is an approach into Centennial Airport, South of Denver, in a TBM 850.</p>

<p><a title="Evening sky in Colorado by dcstep, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5015/5455178672_a3d516f011_z.jpg" alt="Evening sky in Colorado" width="640" height="427" /></a></p>

<p>The vista was breath-taking, the light was perfect, the weather was clear ...<br /> <br />... the window-side business class seat was roomy and comfy, even the glass on the window was scratch-free and clean, and the flight crew was "lenient" on the use of electronics so shortly after take-off... <br /> <br />... But my "real" camera was in my carry-on, 3 meters away from my hand. All I had was my iPhone. Even my P&S was in my carry-on. <br /> <br />My frustration was beyond belief. What made it worse was that 4 days ago, I was next to those same cliffs at dawn trying to take a few shots to convey their majesty, with pretty poor results. <br>

To get a sense of the scale, you can see the highway winding between the cliffs (horizontally, about center of the photo).<br>

Could have, would have, should have... Oh well... <br /> <br />Flight from RUH to JED this morning...</p><div></div>

<p>The jet was banking so I was able to get a shot of the ground beneath the plane along the Carolina coast.<br>

<a title="At 35,000 Feet by Alan Klein 100, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6206/6151368271_dabe3617f6_z.jpg" alt="At 35,000 Feet" width="640" height="480" /></a> </p>

<p>Somewhere over the US east coast.<br>

<a title="Sky at Altitude by Alan Klein 100, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6189/6151368161_3536e6b8e4_z.jpg" alt="Sky at Altitude" width="640" height="480" /></a></p>

<p>Cesar: Nice shot. How high are the escarpment cliffs? </p>

<p>Alan: thanks. </p>

<p>Re height, hard to tell as there is no vegetation to give a sense of scale but I would say 100m-150m (300ft - 450ft). Going west from the city, there are 3 "rows", a few km apart. Riyadh is at about 700m altitude, so my guess is that beyond the 3 successive rows of cliffs, the desert is at about 300m altitude. </p>

<p>I actually went back this afternoon to the 1st set of cliffs. Attached is a quick & dirty pano. Compared to the highway bisecting the aerial photo, this one is taken directly north of the highway, on the right side of the cliff.</p>

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<p>Was that area sedimentary seas before and the escarpments are what's left?</p>

<p>@Alan: indeed!<br>

One can still find fossilized shark teeth and starfish... </p>

<p>How did you guess? </p>

 

<p>The rocks look sedimentary and also reminds me of Monument Valley and other similar areas in our Amercan west. I believe there was a great inland sea at one time there as well. </p>