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Friday, December 31, 2010

From a Flight on Thursday, December 30, 2010...


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Note that the majority of photos were shot within the
northern and central portions of New Jersey,
and the remaining ones in eastern Pennsylvania

As always, I hope you enjoy the view from above !!!


#1 - This first photo shows how a light covering
of snow makes for a landscape that really
stands out, as you will also see in
the remainder of the photos


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#5 - Trenton-Robbinsville airport
in Robbinsville, NJ


#6 - Six Flags Great Adventure (looking east)
in Jackson, NJ


#7 - Housing development in Jackson, NJ


#8 - The streets in this community near
the Jersey Shore remain largely un-plowed,
even three days after the Blizzard of 2010


#9 - A marina inundated with snow
and locked in ice


#10 - One of the many fine restaurants near
the Jersey Shore looking so desolate
with a lack of watercraft that populate
the area in the warmer months


#11 - Looking south along the Jersey Shore
from atop Point Pleasant, NJ,


#12 - An icy Barnegat Bay, albeit only a thin,
broken layer exists over most of it

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These next (2) photos were shot over
the Barnegat Bay near Mantaloking (looking east)

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#15 - A vast housing development due south of
 Toms River with many streets plowed very poorly


#16 - Housing development near Willingboro, NJ


#17 - Willingboro's water tower, shot from
an altitude of just over 2,000 feet


#18 - New Rodgers road / Reed street Bridge over
the Delaware river in Bristol, PA / Burlington, NJ


#19 - Maple Beach area of Bristol, PA,
along the Delaware river


#20 - A clock tower poised high atop
a factory near Bristol, PA


#21 - A Levittown, PA, housing development,
with its perfectly aligned streets
and equally spaced apart homes


#22 - An unusually shaped structure
near Levittown, PA


#23 - Lambertville, NJ, looking across the
Delaware River at New Hope, PA


#24 - Notice the reflection of the clouds
on the still water of the Delaware River
while looking towards New Hope, PA


#25 - The Wesleyan Church's steeple in
Stockton, NJ, is made of metal


#26 - The Delaware river winding its way through
Bucks county PA and Hunterdon county NJ


#27 - A vast, lightly snow-covered
Bucks county PA landscape


#28 - Van Sant airport in Erwinna, PA,
with its two grass runways


#29 - Trees, Trees and more Trees,
in Bucks County PA


#30 - A country road winding through
Bucks county PA


#31 - A landscape that caught my eye as
offering much to examine and wonder
just what each snow-covered area of
this field represents, in Bucks County PA

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Well, I hope you've enjoyed this LAST Flight of 2010....and a long one at that, offering lovely, snow-covered views that I really wanted to share with everyone.

I wish each and everyone of you a Happy & Healthy New Year !!!

See you after the next flight in 2011...

Sunday, November 14, 2010

From a Flight on Sunday, November 14, 2010...


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Today's selection of photos were shot within the state of New Jersey.

As always, I hope you enjoy the view from above...

#1 - Round Valley Reservoir in northern
Hunterdon County


#2 - Townhouse development in
northern Somerset County

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These next (3) photos are of Lakehurst Naval Air Station

#3 - Parachute drop circle


#4 - Aircraft launch test tracks


#5 - Aircraft launch test tracks and main runway

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#6 - Holiday City senior housing development
in Toms River


#7 - Some quickly diminishing "Fall Foliage"
near Bricktown


#8 - A new water tower to soon replace
the existing one located near Lakewood Airport,
hence the red and white colors for visibility,
though now a bit faded


#9 - Former parachute drop zone
at Lakewood Airport


#10 - Lakewood Airport



#11 - Magnificent color on these red leafed trees
in this small nursery

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The next (2) photos so some fall foliage in
superb red and orange hues

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The next (2) photos show
housing developments near Hightstown

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#16 - Soon to be Princeton Medical Center
at the intersection of Route 1 and
Scudders Mill road in Plainsboro Township


#17 - Only flying overhead can one appreciate
the work that went into designing and building
the Merwick Care and Rehabilitation Center
in Plainsboro Township 


#18 - Princeton University Chapel


#19 - A stand of pines amidst deciduous trees
that are looking comparatively bare


#20 - Looks like this stand of trees is on
"Fire" amidst its neighbors

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See you after the next flight...