Monday, March 06, 2023

Flight From Albuquerque to Burbank - February 26, 2023


Takeoff from the Albuquerque Sunport, featuring the airport terminal in the foreground.

The Duke City and the Sandia Mountains.

North-to-south corridors:  the railroad, Second St., and I-25, plus the Rio Grande just to the left.

Southwest side of Albuquerque.

The west side, featuring the Volcano Cliffs.

The Rio Puerco River, and this interesting rain cloud.

In the general area of To'hajiilee, but not exactly sure where.

Petrified Forest National Park.

Winslow, AZ.

On the flight back from New Mexico, we passed near Meteor Crater, looking barely a day had passed since a 50-meter diameter space rock slammed into northern Arizona 50,000 years ago. If I recall correctly, the winding canyon to the left (Canyon Diablo) was where author Robert J. Serling had Air Force One crash in his 1967 novel, "The President's Plane is Missing."

Southwest of Meteor Crater.

Just love Meteor Crater!

Yucca, AZ.

Needles, CA, and the Mohave Valley.

The Dead Mountains?

Newberry, CA.

Is this the Solar Power Plant?  Near the Barstow-Daggett Airport.

Nebo.  A U.S. Marine facility.

Barstow, CA.

The Barstow Outlets along I-40.

You deplane down steps at Burbank, which means you get to get close and personal with the various aircraft rolling around the tarmac.

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