These are some of the pictures from my flight home. I had the window seat so I decided to take some pictures although pictures from the air aren't the greatest.
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Off in the distance is the Catalina Islands. The take off from John Wayne Airport is pretty bizarre, the plane powers up and goes up in a high bank ascent and then it cuts the engine for a bit. The planes pass over some pretty high priced real estate.
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To the right of the wing is Huntington Beach. I think you can even see the pier there.
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Not sure what mountains these are but I like the shot.
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Again, not sure what mountain this is but I like the shot.
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I think this might be somewhere around the Grand Canyon. It's definately a desert mesa type thing.
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I liked the way the clouds hovered over the mountains.
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Another shot of a mountain.
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The only reason this shot is in here is because of the plane just off the wing. I thought this was unusual as the other plane seemed pretty close. A little bit later I saw a Fed Ex plane pass right under our plane (probably about 1000 feet difference in altitude or more though).
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This is a shot of the sunset off the wings. I like the pink on them. I tried to get a shot of the impending dusk to the front of the plane but it didn't turn out too well.
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A shot of the sunset as we were approaching Minneapolis. Unfortunately I didn't have enough shutter speed so it's a bit blurred.
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Pulling into the gate Minneapolis-St. Paul. I had to bump up the film speed to get this shot.