Plane Views – Page 2

This is Part II of my series of “Plane View” pictures taken during my trip from Cape Town, South Africa to Nome, Alaska. Part I is here.

After traveling from Cape Town to Amsterdam, my husband Jackie and I boarded a flight from Amsterdam to Minneapolis. Below are some pictures taken out the airplane window. For this second flight, Jackie and I pulled out our nice camera, so the image quality is much better than the Blackberry pictures I shared in Part I. Feel free to point out any interesting geological features you see in the pictures… and enjoy!

Pictures of Iceland:

Pictures of Greenland:

Greenland1 — Greenland #1, showing the location where the next several pictures were taken.

Pictures of Northern Canada:

Canada #1, showing the location where the next several pictures were taken.

Canada1 — Canada #2, showing glacial features such a kettle holes.

Canada5 — Canada #6, lines of kettle holes.

That’s all for now. I’ll share some pictures from my second and third flights as time and internet connectivity permit.

I’m currently in the airport lounge in Amsterdam awaiting my next flight (2 of 4) on my way to Nome, Alaska. My husband and I slept through a good part of the first flight, which left around midnight Cape Town time. We’re flying business class (thank you, my new company!). I’ve never flown business class before, so it’s sort of like Dinsey World for me. I’m amazed at all the little details: real silverware, free magazines, flight attendants handing out Belgian chocolates, etc. KLM even gave us a present: little dutch houses! I’m really amazed. I’ve flown the Cape Town to Amsterdam flight in coach class a dozen times or more, and I’ve never managed to properly sleep before. With the almost flat seat in business class, however, I slept for a good six or seven hours! I suppose the proper sleep will make our 30+ hour journey to Nome a little more bearable.

When I finally woke up, I managed to take a few interesting snapshots of the North Africa, Mediterranean, and European scenery. I thought I’d share a few pictures here. Perhaps some of my blog readers can help identify some of the areas and geological features: