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ungerdog Dec 8, 2018 6:30 AM

Cell Pics from Planes
 
I work as a Sales Engineer for a cybersecurity company. I have to travel quite a bit (almost all in the US). I started traveling at the beginning of 2015 and decided right away to take photos from the planes using my phone. I've kept the tradition going and continue to take new photos.

This album has three rules. 1. All photos must be taken from a plane. 2. All photos must be taken with my phone. 3. Editing can only be done in Adobe Lightroom for Android. All photos were taken with Samsung Galaxy Note 4, 5 and 8.

Many of these photos are low quality due to distance from the ground, using a phone and lighting conditions, but that is the point... Do the best you can with the phone from the plane.

These photos are not in chronological order, but instead are grouped by region of North America.

I grew up in Chicagoland but live near Phoenix.


Downtown Phoenix
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/EEIrFz.jpg

Downtown Phoenix
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/TOXbui.jpg

Loop 101 Freeway in Tempe, AZ
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/959Ebg.jpg

Tempe, AZ
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/V84S8L.jpg

Superstition Mountains near Phoenix
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/jYJK5w.jpg

Camelback Mountain in Phoenix
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/NRYRGf.jpg

Arizona State University
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/yuSH9F.jpg

Phoenix metro sprawling across the Sonoran Desert
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/IxbDUp.jpg

Camelback Mountain
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/yVPJUt.jpg

Phoenix
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/g6kxm9.jpg

Four Peaks Mountain near Phoenix
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/dxx2Kf.jpg

South Mountain contained entirely in Phoenix city limits. Seen here after a rainy month turned things a bit greener than normal.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/H6i8BK.jpg

South Mountain in a more normal, dry state
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/UgbXLE.jpg

Hoover Dam
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/OARL3k.jpg

Las Vegas Boulevard
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/V0WhKD.jpg

Las Vegas
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/FBGb5e.jpg

Las Vegas
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/m48edd.jpg

Las Vegas
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/4D0qHl.jpg

A new subdivision outside of Las Vegas
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/m7WbH9.jpg

A golf course housing development in Las Vegas
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/3NYGAP.jpg

Downtown San Diego
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ZMDfC8.jpg

San Diego
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/bnQaPs.jpg

San Diego
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/LRDTNB.jpg

Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, La Jolla
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/4wA6rp.jpg

Los Angeles
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/qHZhkC.jpg

Los Angeles
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/9WQzeo.jpg

Southern California
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/KsGfjT.jpg

Forest fire in Southern California. Point Mugu in the distance
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/TDinKC.jpg

San Jose
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/tsKxTZ.jpg

San Jose
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/oB1HZ3.jpg

San Francisco
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/TFRILb.jpg

The 101 Freeway just south of San Francisco
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/0jhLrB.jpg

Fremont, CA (one of my former hometowns)
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/HsP3ZA.jpg

Mount Shasta
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/ZYuYeD.jpg

Mount Hood
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/Q1s59p.jpg

Crater Lake, Oregon
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/NXYGRh.jpg

I-205 crossing the Columbia River from Portland, OR to Vancouver, WA
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/MfNFdO.jpg

The Willamette River and downtown Portland, Oregon
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/PjlcBX.jpg

Mount Rainier
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/aRqwv1.jpg

Mount Ranier
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/659GI8.jpg

Landing in Seattle
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Roe8mr.jpg

Taking off in the morning from Seattle
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/5tArzy.jpg

Landing in Seattle
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/TdPbNn.jpg

Downtown Seattle
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/SGgp7J.jpg

Seattle
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/FjcDPA.jpg

Seattle
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/t4iznl.jpg

Mountains near Salt Lake City
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/tVSupX.jpg

Mountains near Salt Lake City
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/2ePEtp.jpg

Juarez, Mexico (top) and El Paso, TX (bottom)
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/P8IhIq.jpg

Houston
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/pkqavR.jpg

Wichita, Kansas
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/auIDFp.jpg

Farms near Kansas City
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/MJ9Obc.jpg

Peoria, Illinois
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/4gNue0.jpg

Frozen central Illinois
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/CahMaW.jpg

Aurora, Illinois (where I grew up)
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/iXnXxe.jpg

Chicago, Illinois
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/87g4x0.jpg

Chicago, Illinois
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/9WdhHE.jpg

Chicago, Illinois
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/psho4P.jpg

Chicago, Illinois
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/jEzITr.jpg

Charlotte, North Carolina
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/PSKqKS.jpg

Florida Everglades
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/EQwGa8.jpg

Fort Lauderdale
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/MxydJk.jpg

Toronto, Ontario
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/GlnlAf.jpg

Boston, Massachusetts
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/2Rmilx.jpg

Boston, Massachusetts
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/0Dc1ZM.jpg

Boston, Massachusetts
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/Lp4BBq.jpg

Quincy, Massachusetts
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/N96qwr.jpg

fern Dec 8, 2018 12:20 PM

Cool shots I've never heard Mount Shasta looks very foreboding

mrnyc Dec 8, 2018 12:28 PM

great idea for a thread that was a lot of fun.

thanks for choosing the good ones — i always get the smeary windows or the jet exhaust seats behind the wings lol.

Sun Belt Dec 8, 2018 3:59 PM

Great idea, cool shots!

jg6544 Dec 8, 2018 7:46 PM

VERY nice thread; thanks for posting.

xzmattzx Dec 9, 2018 1:58 AM

Nice pictures! Interesting concept. I've seen a lot of interesting things from planes myself, and usually use my normal camera, but sometimes take pictures with my phone too.

DetroitSky Dec 9, 2018 10:56 PM

Awesome stuff! Love the idea for a thread.

Murphy de la Sucre Dec 10, 2018 2:46 AM

Towntown Phoenix is so easy that I can complete it on City skyline game in less than an hour, even less than 30 minutes.

LSyd Dec 10, 2018 3:06 AM

awesome, thanks for posting

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KevinFromTexas Dec 10, 2018 5:17 AM

Those are great. Man, those Pacific northwest (and Mount Shasta) pics are gorgeous.

And this was cool. Good catch with the reflection.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/EQwGa8.jpg

karishmab Dec 10, 2018 6:23 AM

[QUOTE=ungerdog;8402673]

Great collection of photos! I love the concept of this thread. The different colors give amazing look to the pictures! :tup:

TexasStar Dec 27, 2018 10:44 PM

Great set of pics.Thanks for posting.

geomorph Feb 2, 2019 6:37 AM

This one is my favorite:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ungerdog (Post 8402673)


FREKI Feb 2, 2019 1:07 PM

Great ones mate!

I love views and photos from planes ( right down to I book seats based on potential view upon landing/takeoff ) and you have captured a loot great shots - something that is not as easy as it sounds - even more impressive based on the gear you use to do so!

Well done mate!

downtownpdx Mar 7, 2019 1:43 PM

Keep em coming, this is a great thread!

karishmab Mar 8, 2019 5:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ungerdog (Post 8402673)

I love this set! Some pictures are so breathtaking! All the photos are superb! Thank you so much for sharing this set! :heart:


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