Coast to Coast

Today was the day we flew home from Los Angeles.  It was gray with a bit of rain spitting from the clouds.  I was poised at the aircraft window, as I always am, and shortly after liftoff, we climbed into solid clouds.  I thought any chance for a photo was gone, and just then we popped out of the top of the low cloud layer.  And there was the Pacific ocean!  Please notice the street pattern in the lower part of the photograph.  I happened to notice that a few years back and did some research.  There was a whole community living there, with houses side by side on all of those streets. When they decided to expand Los Angeles International Airport, they realized that the extended runways would run right up against that community which meant that would be a terrible place to live. So the city bought the community, demolished the homes but left the street pattern.

So after a very quick Five hour flight from coast to coast, and clear skies over New York we descended over New York City and out over the Atlantic ocean and then curved around and landed at John F. Kennedy airport.  In this view, Manhattan island extends into the photograph from the lower right hand corner.  To the left of that is the East River and then Brooklyn, which also comes up from the bottom of the photograph toward the top. The bright blue light is a strobe light on the wingtip of our airplane.  If you look carefully you can see the airplane wing coming in from the center left of the photograph.  It cuts up Brooklyn making it less recognizable.  It was great being away, and nice to come back home after a wonderful visit!  I posted this photo in a larger than normal size, so please click on it.