# Photos taken from commercial airliners **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [September 8, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931 "2024-09-08T00:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/41 "2026-04-29T01:49:44Z")
Flying over Boston’s Logan airport before looping back for a landing. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/hwCwB7M.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/hwCwB7M) And while taxiing, we say this guy headed our way. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/XlhhJK0.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/XlhhJK0) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/42 "2026-04-29T04:12:48Z")
[[Album] St. Helens & Adams ![](https://i.imgur.com/9JDEoe0.jpeg?fb "St. Helens & Adams") ](https://imgur.com/a/Dan1r1u) It was a little cloudy/ hazy, but I love this shot of Mount St. Helens with Mt. Adams looming directly behind. Same flight, I got all of the Stanford Linear Accelerator in one photo. [[Album] SLAC ![](https://i.imgur.com/Vm0lmjR.jpeg?fb "SLAC") ](https://imgur.com/a/dm3iMqc) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/43 "2026-04-29T11:55:58Z")
Great shots ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/44 "2026-04-29T13:19:55Z")
Somewhere over Wyoming. [![](https://i.ibb.co/mrjvdzyd/IMG-0147.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/mrjvdzyd/IMG-0147.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/45 "2026-09-12T13:34:18Z")
Flying back to Boston, here’s a shot of the airport and the city. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/5kF7c0M.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/5kF7c0M) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/46 "2026-09-12T14:32:04Z")
On approach to the airport formerly known as Lindbergh Field (SAN) [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMT905cn4wIX5gwDsReTdY6V-lPFTZz1TWeJOyYNTVXfUdH8wbEklVnrCTDmQlXK-m1D0oZP1LfrKyk8f5nkW8Q0iWgwWzGjXbdEo6MeXo1KvsikacGHXI-WnRwBKpDdh2PcUM7uaRbOgA74OQqFU6soQ=w1920-h641-s-no?authuser=0) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMT905cn4wIX5gwDsReTdY6V-lPFTZz1TWeJOyYNTVXfUdH8wbEklVnrCTDmQlXK-m1D0oZP1LfrKyk8f5nkW8Q0iWgwWzGjXbdEo6MeXo1KvsikacGHXI-WnRwBKpDdh2PcUM7uaRbOgA74OQqFU6soQ=w1920-h641-s-no?authuser=0) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/47 "2026-09-12T20:55:22Z")
Flying over El Paso looking south; I was surprised at how visible the border was, and how Ciudad Juarez is so much more lit-up than El Paso. [![](https://i.ibb.co/GfbvRpf4/20260317-204415.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/GfbvRpf4/20260317-204415.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/48 "2026-09-17T00:22:35Z")
I happened to Google the lighting difference between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. I found it fascinating that so many people have asked about it, that it showed specific explanations about the difference. I live next to the Tijuana/San Diego border. It was fun to read how the sprawl is there for different reasons. How very illuminating! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/49 "2026-09-17T11:42:30Z")
Gonna make us Google it for ourselves, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/50 "2026-09-17T12:48:18Z")
Oh that made me laugh! Google said El Paso has more undeveloped green space with, I vaguely recall, 675,000 people. In contrast, Ciudad Juarez has more urban avenues with a denser population of 1.5-2 million people. It seems to me like a natural cause of the different appearance. Then it delves into a deeper explanation of the electrical systems in C. Juarez vs El Paso. My layperson summary of this point is that El Paso has more shades around their street lamps than they do in C. Juarez. Mine is honestly C-grade work but I do work with urban trash collectors, not engineers. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/51 "2026-09-17T13:28:24Z")
> [@Eric1](#): > > Oh that made me laugh! Google said El Paso has more undeveloped green space with, I vaguely recall, 675,000 people. In contrast, Ciudad Juarez has more urban avenues with a denser population of 1.5-2 million people. It seems to me like a natural cause of the different appearance. In ABQ, if you’re high enough at the Sandia tramway & look back it’s like a biblical walled city with a very distinct line of [urban blocks of houses on the left & nothingness of the Pueblo on the right](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sandia+Peak+Tramway/@35.197353,-106.5264693,6169m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x87189e8cfbdf7855:0xdee0b10202a6352b!8m2!3d35.1907104!4d-106.479402!16zL20vMDNoYmJ2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDkxNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931/52 "2026-09-17T13:44:27Z")
Oh I see you’re writing about Albuquerque. That must be striking as you describe it! I’m with you for sure! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-taken-from-commercial-airliners/1006931.md?page=2)