Another airplane one
After a reasonably alright holiday in Dublin, the missus and I were flying back over to Edinburgh in a Ryanair bucket. As we were coming over the west coast near to Kintyre there was a lot of cloud and mist, meaning the ground was almost completely impossible to see.

Now this was quite late in the evening, just as the sun was setting. For a period of about 5 minutes we were in a perfect position for the sun to reflect off all the pools of water and lochs below. This, combined with the fog meant that there was nothing but solid pools of ambery-gold below us. It was beautiful, slightly ethereal and will stay in my memory forever.
(chuckle_h0und You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:55, 4 replies)

Not so long ago
I was on a night flight from the Far East. As we passed over the Caspian, the first shades of day began to appear through the window: thin bands of red and gold shading into indigo and blak. Owing to the speed of the 'plane (aeroplane, by the way... sorry!) and the speed of the Earth, though, the sun never got any higher. Sunrise lasted all the way from about Yerevan to about Vienna. It was quite magical.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:59, closed)

For a big ball of burning hydrogen...
...the sun can be quite lovely.
(chuckle_h0und You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:44, closed)

Darn tootin'.
Oh, and I like your sig! (Reminds me of that Nirvana lyric: If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first...)
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:24, closed)

And that view, dear sir...
will cost you a further €10
(bof, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:54, closed)