The Aerial Horizon

Mount Rainier overlooking the San Juan Islands shrouded in fog and low clouds.

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Pike’s Peak west of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Snake River running through Hell’s Canyon. Eastern Oregon.

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Montana from the North. Mist creeping along rivers in deep canyons, mountains floating on distant plain.

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Southeast of Pueblo. The raised ridge lines resemble brambles and thorns.

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Sunrise over Sarasota, Florida. Wisps of clouds drifting East capture the orange glow of the sunrise.

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The Cascades in the Pacific Northwest. Glacial river and peaks.

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Snow covered Central Virginia in early morning light. A view from Scottsville to the Blue Ridge.

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Flying up the Canyon. Amber and orange hues on canyon walls, contrails and their shadows crossing the canyon near the horizon.

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Setting sun reflecting orange light on the walls of a snow covered Canyon De Chelly.

[I shot this in December 2008 – a new post of a favorite old photo.]

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[The] aviator has an entirely different sphere. His domain is the blue heavens, the glistening rolls of clouds below, the fleecy banks towering above, the vague aerial horizon, and he must watch it as carefully as a navigator watches the storm tossed sea.

James Rogers McConnell, “Flying For France,” 1917