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Takeoff from the Albuquerque Sunport, featuring the airport terminal in the foreground.
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The Duke City and the Sandia Mountains.
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North-to-south corridors: the railroad, Second St., and I-25, plus the Rio Grande just to the left.
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Southwest side of Albuquerque.
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The west side, featuring the Volcano Cliffs.
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The Rio Puerco River, and this interesting rain cloud.
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In the general area of To'hajiilee, but not exactly sure where.
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Petrified Forest National Park.
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Winslow, AZ.
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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."
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Southwest of Meteor Crater.
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Just love Meteor Crater!
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Yucca, AZ.
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Needles, CA, and the Mohave Valley.
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The Dead Mountains?
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Newberry, CA.
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Is this the Solar Power Plant? Near the Barstow-Daggett Airport.
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Nebo. A U.S. Marine facility.
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Barstow, CA.
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The Barstow Outlets along I-40.
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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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