Clouds soon
obscured my view of Greenland, so I settled back to the flight and other things
to pass the time. Periodically I checked out the window, mostly blocked by
a sleeping passenger next to me. It seemed I was to have no more luck, as
I could only see what appeared to be clouds through the hair of said sleeping
passenger. Finally, I decided to take one more good look and got up and
looked out the window at the exit door, to see only this vista below. It
seems that the brilliant white snow blended well enough with the clouds that
without a clear view, I hadn't realized it had cleared up. How lucky I was
to be able to get the next five shots from video.As it turns out, this side
was much clearer than the east coast had been. These mountains are right
on the water, instead of being inland, so there was more color to give contrast
to the images. You can see these mountains bulge right up at you, in the
foreground, dropping off behind to an inlet from the see, and more mountains
starting to rise behind it.
©2004, Jeffrey L. Cooper
