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Coast of Japan

aerial photography japan tokyo

In just a few days we will mark two years since our departure from Japan. Today’s photo is of my last glimpse of Japan in early August of 2010. Japan is extremely green in the summer after a month of rain in June. The rice paddies are fairly mature this time of year too so it’s probably the best season for taking photos from the air. We departed from Narita Airport so this is the coast in Chiba or Ibaraki Prefecture (just south of the now famous Fukushima Prefecture). The little bit of land sticking out in the top of this pic may be where Chiba turns into Ibaraki.

Flying

sunset from the plane

The first leg of our journey to New York a couple weeks ago included an evening flight to Portland, Oregon (before changing planes to a red eye flight to the Big Apple). Most of the time the sun was so bright (setting in the west and I was on the left side of the plane heading north) that I couldn’t see much. But for the moment when I took today’s pic, the plane’s wing/engine got in the way of my vision and the sun and (ignoring the dirty window) afforded a nice, heavenly view.

Tokyo Tower

tokyo tower

Tokyo Tower

Aerial view of Aarhus, Denmark

aerial photography aarhus denmark ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum museum

Today’s photo was taken from the roof of the ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum.

Tokyo sunset with crescent moon and Mt. Fuji

mount fuji sunset tokyo crescent moon 富士山 夕焼け 三日月

Mt. Fuji (富士山) is on the right of this photo in the distance. The building in the center with the tall smokestack is the Meguro Incinerator. One of these days I’ll have to tell you about the incinerator tour I went on in Japan.

Some Japanese vocabulary for those of you learning Japanese at the moment…

sunset = yuuyake = 夕焼け (literally: evening burn)
crescent moon = mikazuki = 三日月 (literally: three day moon)

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Greenland sunset

A couple weeks ago I showed a photo of the sunrise/sunset as I flew from the USA to Europe overnight near the Summer solstice. At one point on that plane, the wing perfectly blocked the sun from glaring up my window so I could take this picture. The land you see below the horizon is Greenland, partially covered in clouds or fog it appears.