View from a Jet Airplane's Window

Category: Miscellaneous

On the ground at CVG (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport). Climbing to cruising altitude after take off, notice the curve in the wing. Level flight over mountains, possibly the Rocky Mountains.

I travel by jet many times a year mostly going to San Jose, Cincinnati, or India, flying has become a normal activity for me, yet, I know people who have never flown. Recently I purchased a Nikon 10.5 mm fisheye lens and I thought it might help me capture the view from the window seat of a modern commercial jet. I took these pictures on a Cincinnati (CVG) to Seattle (SEA) flight which was leg two on my way back from Boston. Unfortunately I missed the really good pictures of Mt. Rainier because I was seated in a right-hand window seat headed West into Seattle. Even so I wanted to post these pictures because they give a view of the ground I haven't often seen in photos and I thought they might be interesting to those that have not flown.

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