From a Flight on Friday, April 22, 2011...

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I have a Whopper of a Picture Post for all of you on this overcast day.

There was an approaching front from the west, but the air was relatively smooth and the rain held off until dark. (33) photos await your perusal of Springtime beauty, so I hope you enjoy this selection from central & northern New Jersey.

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

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The following (4) photos show various homes

and spring foliage in Bridgewater

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The next (2) photos show the

MetLife corporation in Bridgewater

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The next (2) photos show the Bridgewater Commons

shopping mall

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#9 - A Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant
on Route 22 in Bridgewater

#10 - One of many housing developments
scattered throughout the Garden State (NJ)

#11 - NJ Transit train racing northbound as it
passes the Jersey Ave Complex in
North Brunswick Township

#12 - The former Johnson & Johnson company
(the Band-Aid people) in New Brunswick

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The next (2) photos show a massive industrial park

along the NJ Turnpike near the Jamesburg exit

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#15 - A crowded New Jersey Turnpike
(southbound; left side of highway)
as the truck and car lanes merge.
The construction and widening of the
roadway doesn't help, either

#16 - One of many housing developments
scattered throughout the Garden State (NJ)

#17 - Black Bear Lake Day Camp in Millstone

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The next (7) photos show Six Flags

Great Adventure in Jackson

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#19 - To the left is the construction site of the
park's newest coaster, a Stand-Up called the
Green Lantern.  To the right is a snaking line
of park goers waiting for what I assume
is Season Pass processing since all the rides would
be closed around this time

#20 - An overall shot of the Green Lantern
Stand-Up coaster's construction progress,
due to open at the end of May 2011

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#23 - One of the Bizarro coasters' trains
being "Toasted" by its giant Flame Throwers

#24 - A forgotten area of Great Adventure,
hopefully soon to be invigorated with
new life in the way of rides and/or coasters

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#25 - New Jersey Astronomical Association
observatory in High Bridge, adjacent
to Vorhees State Park

#26 - A tower of unknown usage on the
Hunterdon County Educational Services
property in Califon

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This next (5) photos feature the sprawling grounds of the

Benjamin Moore Manufacturing site in Flanders

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#29 - Numerous panels of various colors,
all being tested and evaluated from
exposure to the sun and the elements

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#31 - A new solar farm adjacent to the
Benjamin Moore facility, just across the
railroad tracks, in Flanders

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#32 - New construction of horse stables,
I assume, near Long Valley

#33 - Would you look at that nearly 1 mile long
(I measured it on Google Maps) driveway...
What an entrance to come home to each day
near Long Valley

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I hope you've enjoyed these photos as much as I have enjoyed shooting them. And I hope my next Highlight Update arrives sooner than this update did. The winter was long, cold, snowy and windy, but brighter, warmer and more soothing days are ahead of us now.

See you after the next flight...

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

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always refer to the Post Date, Photo Number and Description.

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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...