Outbound the evening of March 12th from Cleveland: the ice on Lake Erie is amazing.
Flying over Cincinnati on our way to Nashville.
Neat clouds
circular rainbow
Marina in the Four Corners Recreation Area east of Nashville
coming down in Nashville
Sunset
We had time to have dinner before boarding the plane for LAX, so it was dark taking off again.
artistic effect
The return flight took off from LAX around 11am on Monday, March 16th.
Flights usually take off over the ocean and then loop around to head east.
what is that grey spot in the ocean?
backlog of container ships due to the dockworkers strike/slowdown
Morris Reservoir on the San Gabriel River just east of Los Angeles
Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake in the San Bernadino Mountains.
Solar energy collectors near Barstow
Lake Mead
Colorado River flowing into Lake Mead.
Then we flew over land just north of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River.
On the right side here you can see the Grand Canyon West airport.
Page, AZ
Lake Powell and Antelope Island
Lake Powell and Navajo Mountain
San Juan River, near Mexican Hat, UT
Huge line of bluffs near Bluff, UT
McPhee Reservoir in Colorado
Telluride ski slopes, CO
Later, over Illinois, we saw windmills, and more windmills, near the LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station.
The Illinois River, at Seneca, IL
Approaching Chicago.
Conveniently, this time we stayed on the plane and it wasn't too long
until we were airborne again for Cleveland.
Still ice on Lake Erie.
That might be an icebreaker.
Downtown Cleveland.