Taxi into Position and Hold

Sierra Charlie Clear for Takeoff

Heat ripples distort the background behind this private business jet taxiing into takeoff position on runway 16R at Van Nuys Airport in California

Happy New Year 2007: Sunset From High Above California

Sunset ends New Years Day - viewed from a commercial air flight at about 33,000.

The end of the beginning of 2008.

Seattle Sunrise - Another Travel Day

The plane taxis away from the gate. A magnificent sunrise illuminates the sky and reflects off the windows of the terminal building.


Mt. Rainier seen across the wing.


Seattle tower silhouette.


Freight aircraft.

Short Final

Final Approach

Seattle at Night

View of the Seattle Skyline across Elliott Bay from Alki Beach in West Seattle.
This is about a full minute exposure. Streaks in the sky were made by commercial aircraft on approach into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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Morning News

Note: Faces have been blurred to protect the privacy of fellow passengers.

Sunset from 41,000'

Looking east at the clouds illuminated from the sunset in the west.

Brightly illuminated mountains visible through a hole in the darkened clouds.


Blue of the upper atmosphere gives way to vivid orange gradually darkening to red and the deeper indigo to purple colors of the land beneath.

A weekend in Juneau

A relaxing weekend spent in Juneau, the Capital City of Alaska, provided these scenes.


Snaking down from the Juneau Ice Field, the Mendenhall Glacier calves into Mendenhall Lake, itself fed primarily by glacial meltwater and runoff from the mountains on either side.


A bear searches for fish from atop a beaver dam near Mendenhall Glacier.


Peeking through the woods at the Mendenhall Glacier.


Tree debris in a pool beside Mendenhall Lake.


Float planes parked in a scenic cove in Auke Lake.


Boats on the glassy calm water as we slowly motor out of Auke Bay Harbor.


A sail boat in Auke Bay Harbor.


A view from the fishing boat in a quiet moment of reflection (translation: looking around while waiting for a bite).


The forest towers over boats back in Auke Bay Harbor.