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Today's flight encompassed the New York/New Jersey
metropolitan area at 8,000 feet. The first group of photos
are ones shot from my GoPro HERO3+ camera, located
out on the aircraft's wing strut. The remaining photos
(actually, the majority of them) were shot from my
hand held camera inside the cockpit.
are ones shot from my GoPro HERO3+ camera, located
out on the aircraft's wing strut. The remaining photos
(actually, the majority of them) were shot from my
hand held camera inside the cockpit.
As always, I hope you enjoy the view from above
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The following (14) photos were shot with a
GoPro HERO3+ camera @ 12MP. The arched horizon
you see is not the curvature of the earth but rather
the result of the camera's whopping 170 degree
field-of-view (FOV) which produces this effect
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| #1 - Approaching Newark International airport from the southwest |
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| #2 - Newark International airport, NJ |
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| #3 - Looking north from Newark International airport with the Passaic river winding it's way through |
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| #4 - Towns of Kearny, Lyndhurst, Bellville and Nutley, to name a few, with the Passaic river running north to south |
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| #5 - Looking south at Manhattan island, NY |
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| #6 - Manhattan, the Hudson river and the George Washington bridge, looking west |
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| #7 - Looking south along the Hudson river with Manhattan island, NY on the left and New Jersey on the right |
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| #8 - Looking north at Manhattan and New York City |
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| #9 - Looking north at Brooklyn, NY |
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| #10 - Looking east at Brooklyn and Queens with the southern shore of Long Island on the right |
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| #11 - Looking south at Coney Island with New Jersey in the distance |
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| #12 - Looking southwest at Brooklyn and Coney Island with New Jersey in the distance |
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| #13 - Looking south at the Raritan Bay where it meets the Atlantic Ocean with New Jersey and Sandy Hook in the distance |
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| #14 - Sandy Hook, NJ |
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| #15 - Spruce Run reservoir in Clinton, NJ |
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| #16 - Somerset airport in Somerville, NJ |
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| #17 - Canoe Brook Country Club with Route 24 running through, looking northwest towards Morristown, NJ |
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| #18 - Recently completed interchange between the Garden State Parkway and I-78 in Union, NJ |
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| #19 - Looking north at Kearny and Lyndhurst, NJ, with the Passaic river running through |
The following (3) photos show the college
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
in Newark, NJ (looking west)
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| #20 - NJIT |
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| #21 - NJIT |
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| #22 - NJIT |
The following (3) photos show
Newark, NJ (looking west)
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| #23 - Newark and NJIT |
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| #24 - Newark and NJIT |
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| #25 - New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ |
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| #26 - I-280 / Route 21 / Passaic river interchange in Newark, NJ (looking west) |
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| #27 - Upper Manhattan, NY skyline and East Rutherford and Moonachie, NJ (looking east) |
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| #28 - The Meadowlands sports complex in East Rutherford, NJ (looking east) |
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| #29 - Meadowlands Sports Complex and the New Jersey Turnpike / Route 3 interchange in East Rutherford, NJ |
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| #30 - American Dream Meadowlands (formerly known as Xanadu, which never opened to the public) is under new ownership and construction has resumed; located on the eastern border of the Meadowlands Sports Complex |
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| #31 - American Dreams Meadowlands new construction, adjacent to the New Jersey Turnpike in East Rutherford, NJ |
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| #32 - This odd shaped building was originally designed to be a giant, indoor downhill ski slope, part of the defunct Xandau complex |
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| #33 - United commercial airline on final approach to Newark International airport, NJ |
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| #34 - Lyndurst and Rutherford (right) and Bellville and Nutley, NJ (left) with the Passaic river running through (looking north) |
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| #35 - Newly rebuilt Route 3 bridge over the Passaic river in New Jersey (looking west) |
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| #36 - Industrial park and the southern end of Route 17 in Lyndhurst, NJ |
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| #37 - A sprawling industrial park in Moonachie, NJ, with Teterboro airport on the right (looking west) |
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| #38 - Teterboro airport in Teterboro, NJ (looking west) |
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| #39 - Teterboro airport consists mainly of private and corporate jets |
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| #40 - George Washington bridge over the Hudson river (looking north) |
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| #41 - Northern Manhattan island, NY, with the Harlem river running through (looking north) |
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| #42 - 207th street train yard facility at the northernmost point on Manhattan island, NY (looking north) |
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| #43 - Spuyten Duyvil bridge over the Harlem river with the Hudson river to the left (looking north) |
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| #44 - The Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, NY (looking north) |
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| #45 - The Bronx Zoo |
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| #46 - The Bronx Zoo (south) and New York Botanical Garden (north) with Route 1 separating the two |
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| #47 - Co-Op City, NY and Bay Plaza shopping center (looking northeast) |
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| #48 - Co-Op City, NY (looking northeast) |
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| #49 - Hugh J. Grant Circle with the Cross Bronx Expressway running below and the NY Metro Railroad running above in Bronx, NY |
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| #50 - Area south of the Bronx Zoo with the NY Metro Railroad snaking its way through the city (looking southwest) |
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| #51 - Rikers Island prison and LaGuardia airport, NY (looking southeast) |
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| #52 - Rikers Island prison |
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| #53 - Passenger terminal at LaGuardia airport, NY |
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| #54 - Looking south at Manhattan, Central Park and the East River, NY |
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| #55 - New York Bay looking southwest at the Verrazano-Narrows bridge |
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| #56 - Pictureque boat's wake on the Hudson river near Manhattan, NY |
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| #57 - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum with Cruise Ships nearby along Manhattan's 12th avenue in New York City, NY (looking northeast) |
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| #58 - Unusual building between W 57th and W58th street and placed along 12th avenue in New York City, NY |
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| #59 - Unusual building between W 57th and W58th street and placed along 12th avenue in New York City, NY |
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| #60 - Cruise ships on the Hudson river and along 12th avenue in New York City, NY |
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| #61 - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum at Pier 86 on the Hudson River in New York City, NY |
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| #62 - Hudson River Park Trust in New York City, NY |
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| #63 - Hudson Rail Yard along 12th avenue in New York City, NY |
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| #64 - Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY |
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| #65 - 432 Park Avenue luxury apartments in New York City, NY |
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| #66 - Empire State building in New York City, NY |
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| #67 - Freedom Tower, Reflecting Pools and 911 museum (center) in lower Manhattan, New York City, NY |
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| #68 - Reflecting Pools and 911 Museum adjacent to the Freedom Tower in lower Manhattan, New York City, NY |
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| #69 - Lower Manhattan island (New York City), NY |
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| #70 - Manhattan island and New York City, NY (looking north) |
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| #71 - Manhattan island and New York City, NY (looking north) |
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| #72 - Upper Manhattan island and Central Park, New York City, NY |
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| #73 - Lower Manhattan and Battery Park, New York City, NY |
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| #74 - Lower Manhattan and the Freedom Tower in New York City, NY |
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| #75 - Manhattan island and New York City, NY (looking northwest) |
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| #76 - Queensboro bridge linking Manhattan (New York City) to Astoria/Queens, NY and Roosevelt island (looking north along the East river) |
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| #77 - Unusual-shaped Barclays Center along Flatbush and Atlantic avenues in Brooklyn, NY |
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| #78 - Commercial airliner (center) over Brooklyn and on approach to LaGuardia airport, NY |
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| #79 - Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Heights, NY |
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| #80 - Spring Creek Towers residential housing along the Belt Parkway in East New York, NY |
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| #81 - Luna Park amusements on Coney Island, NY |
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| #82 - The now defunct famous Parachute Tower at Luna Park on Coney Island, NY |
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| #83 - Luna Park amusements in Coney Island, NY |
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| #84 - Luna Park amusements in Coney Island, NY |
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| #85 - Coney Island Train Yark with the Belt Parkway running nearby in Gravesend, NY |
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| #86 - Coney Island Train Yard in Gravesend, NY |
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| #87 - Breezy Point, looking north along the southern shore of Long Island, NY |
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| #88 - Former location of Fort Monmouth in Eatontown, NJ |
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| #89 - Former location of Fort Monmouth, along the Garden State Parkway, in Eatontown, NJ |
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| #90 - Sprawling intersection of the Garden State Parkway, Route 18 and Route 36 in Eatontown, NJ (looking southeast) |
The following (3) photos show
Earle Naval Weapons Station and
Ammunition Storage Areas in
Colts Neck, NJ
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| #91 - Various ammunition bunkers, each with rail access (looking north) |
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| #92 - Various ammunition bunkers in the distance (looking west) |
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| #93 - Various ammunition bunkers, each with rail access (looking west) |
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| #94 - Jersey Shore Premium Outlets along the Garden State Parkway in Neptune, NJ (looking northeast) |
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| #95 - Jersey Shore Premium Outlets in Neptune, NJ (looking northeast) |
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| #96 - Monmouth Executive airport in Belmar/Farmingdale, NJ |
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| #97 - Intersection of I-195 and County 547 in Squankum, NJ (looking north) |
The following (3) photos show the
New Jersey Museum of Transportation
(Pine Creek Railroad) at
Allaire State Park in Allaire, NJ
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| #98 - Pine Creek Railroad loop at Allaire State Park, NJ |
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| #99 - Pine Creek Railroad station and visitor parking lot at Allaire State Park, NJ |
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| #100 - Pine Creek Railroad loop at Allaire State Park, NJ |
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| #101 - Lakewood Country Club in Lakewood, NJ |
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| #102 - Pine Lake near Route 571 in Manchester, NJ looks a bit pekid during New Jersey's drought |
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| #103 - Former site of Ciba-Geigy chemicals in Toms River, NJ |
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| #104 - Crystal lake within the Pine Barrens in Manchester, NJ |
The following (3) photos show the
Naval Air Engineering Station
in Lakehurst, NJ
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| #105 - Hangars 1, 2 and 3, with hangar 1 built to house derigibles like the Hindenberg |
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| #106 - New construction with numerous helicopters on a fresh, concrete apron |
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| #107 - NAES Maxfield Field airport (looking south) |
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| #108 - Former garbage dump in the Legler section of Jackson, NJ (Legler Landfill) is linked to numerous cancer cases due to the illegal dumping of toxic chemical in the 1970s |
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| #109 - A portion of this Legler Landfill is now home to a Radio Control Model aircraft club and their lovely grass flying field |
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| #110 - Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ is packed on this beautiful October weekend with the park's Fright Fest in full swing |
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| #111 - Cars are pouring into the parking lot toll booths late in the afternoon for the Fright Fest event at the park every October |
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| #112 - Great Adventure and Prospertown lake with a freshly cleared area (center) for the park's newest coaster, Total Mayhem, opening Summer 2016 |
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| #113 - Quaker Bridge shopping mall in Lawrenceville, NJ |
The last (4) photos show Terhune Orchards
along Cold Soil road in Princeton, NJ.
The farm was so packed with visitors
that traffic backed up in both directions
along Cold Soil road (see below)
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| #117 - Notice traffic has backed-up in BOTH directions along Cold Soil road...What a business !!! |
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See you after the next flight...
