The Great American Flyover

No WiFi from Denver to Los Angeles. Talk about 21st Century problems! That gave me lots of time to look down as we flew west.

I enjoy geography and geology. I enjoy gazing out airplane windows trying to figure out why the Earth looks the way it does. So much west of the Rockies is desolate and inhospitable.

Some of the photos accompanying this blog post have been enhanced, because the land depicted is nearly featureless with neither bright brights nor dark darks!

Even where there’s no water now, it’s obvious water carved the land. There are deep channels and canyons in the dustiest of places.

Not all the points of interest are natural. From time-to-time there are human settlements. Why? Why there? Who would go there?

I had two hours of this kind of pondering before we hit the Southland. It’s good to have a window seat.

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