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http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2016/10/where-do-you-sit

A plane’s aisle seat is for cynics The window seat is for dreamers

To put it mildly, "Aerial photography provides an exceptionally unique point of view."
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-hidden-patterns-of-americas-wildest-landscapes

The Hidden Patterns of America’s Wildest Landscapes Photos of America from a vintage aircraft.

There's no window seat like the pilot's! Take a look at these gorgeous images from our friend Mark Vanhoenacker, author of Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/25-incredible-views-from-plane-passengers-windows-collected-by-an-airline-pilot

25 Incredible Views From Plane Passengers' Windows, Collected By an Airline Pilot When I decided to write a book about my job as an airline pilot, I knew one thing for certain. I knew I’d start the book with an invitation for readers to...

Open pit mines are some of the most shockingly gorgeous things to see from the window seat:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/25/magazine/25mag-copper.html

Edward Burtynsky’s Mesmerizing Images of Copper Mines Trying to comprehend the scale of open-pit extraction with aerial photographs.

Who has photos of these from the window seat?
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/from-above-solar-farms-look-like-tetris-pieces-left-behind-by-giants

From Above, Solar Farms Look Like Tetris Pieces Left Behind By Giants Topaz Solar Farm, in California's Carrizo Plain (Image: NASA Earth Observatory)

We're loving this exhaustively researched and richly interactive map of all-American literary road trips:
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-obsessively-detailed-map-of-american-literatures-most-epic-road-trips

The Obsessively Detailed Map of American Literature's Most Epic Road Trips I am a freak for the American road trip. And I'm not alone, as some of this country's best writers have taken a shot at describing that quintessentially...

You must read our friend Mark Vanhoenacker's tour de force in the New York Times -- beautiful, informative writing about subjects dear to our hearts... http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/14/opinion/14-in-flight-mark-vanhoenacker.html

In Flight En route from London to Tokyo, a pilot’s-eye view of life in the sky.

Flying over Lake Michigan this time of year? Look closely!

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sunken-ships-lake-michigan-are-visible-ghostly-blue-180955108/

Lake Michigan is So Clear Right Now its Shipwrecks Are Visible From the Air A Coast Guard patrol spotted the wreaks in shallow waters that are only clea after the lake's ice melts and before summer sediment swirls and algae blooms

This is maybe the largest and surely the most heart-warming geo-glyph ever created:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/13/8406083/hyundai-genesis-giant-space-message
Unfortunately, you might only be able to see it from space, because it looks like there are no commercial flights that go near Delamar Dry Lake, NV (https://goo.gl/maps/zGgYc) -- if you know of any, please tell us.

Hyundai uses 11 cars to write a giant message to an astronaut Making stuff on Earth that can be easily seen from space isn't exactly simple: there's the yellow glow of the world's metropolises at night, but in general, we just look like a blob of green,...

Brilliant set of Google Earth imagery:
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/human-landscapes-of-canada/385306/ #

Human Landscapes of Canada Canada is a massive country, yet it has one of the lowest population densities in the world. Despite this, Canadians have made a wide impact on their land, much of it visible from aerial and satellite photography. Hydroelectric facilities, roads, mines, farms, ports, resource exploration, logging, c…