Thursday, April 7, 2011

Cruising


Where are these folks going?  You ever look up and wonder?  I shot this jet at cruising altitude through my 102mm refractor using a Nikon D40 hooked directly to the telescope.  Watching jets fly over is interesting.  It is amazing how many people are overhead on any given day.  Imagine the stories of all the folks on this one plane.  Some may be headed out on a long overdue vacation while others are going to buried a loved one.  Maybe we should pray for the people who are jetting over us.  And, never lose the fascination of the invention.  All of that weight - thousands of pounds - five or six miles above the surface of the earth going over 500 mph.  Pretty impressive.

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