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When my seat mates saw how incessantly I snapped photos of the sites below, they questioned whether I had been in a plane before. Their snarkiness quickly melted into giddy awe at the extravagant display of turquoise and blue swirling beneath us.

Somewhere along the flight path from Beijing to Chicago, the setting sun emptied its crayola box and filled the sky with color. This photo doesn’t do the real thing justice. Happy Window Seat Wednesday!

In celebration of Window Seat Wednesday, here are few of my fave aerial shots over France, Germany, and the Alps.

With dramatic bluffs that drop into endless Pacific Blues, Redwoods that reach to infinity, and wonderfully temperate weather, the Bay Area is my kinda place. Here’s some eye candy -aka- visual justification for my travelust.

It’s WindowSeat Wednesday and in honor of my recent return from the Left Coast, I thought I’d share a couple of my aerial shots of interesting places along the route between Chicago and California.

Taking advantage of a United Airlines promotional and a cheap same day fare, I hopped a 7am flight to LaGuardia, spent the day in New York City and was home in time for a late dinner. Here’s a little visual stimulation from a fantastic Mileage Run.

Here are a few photos from the “Great Zimbabwe” — a UNESCO world heritage site in the southeastern hills of Zimbabwe — containing ancient ruins of a Shona kingdom dating back to the 11th century.