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An Asperitas formation viewed from the flight deck in the queue for take off, Manchester, UK.
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A sunrise viewed from the flight deck at 20,000 ft over Lincolnshire, UK.
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Laurence Green says:
I can but only echo Vera’s comment. Fantastic and memorable!
Laurence
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A view of Mount Teide surrounded by clouds on the island of Tenerife.
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bryan says:
Awesome shot Richard. I love the Sun in this shot, perfect.
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A sunrise over Cork, Ireland, viewed from the flight deck at 30,000ft. on a flight to Lanzarote.
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opalstear says:
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Wladyslaw says:
Laurence is right! Lucky you! Thanks for sharing!
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Laurence Green says:
Definitely a 5* rating from me. This must be a strong candidate for CAS’s “Cloud Of The Month”, I think.
Grand shot, Richard. It must have been a real something to see for real. Lucky you! Thanks.
Laurence
PS. Should one day I go to Heaven then this is something I’d hope to see!
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A view from the flight deck while flying through cirrus on the way to the small island of Porto Santo.
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A view from the flight deck at 36.000 feet of storms over Hungary.
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Anonymous says:
Taken from a B737-800. The black object is part of the windscreen wiper assembly. Photo exposure about 15 seconds (we’re moving at 500mph and bouncing around so there is some blurring.
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Mark McCaughrean says:
I’m intrigued, Richard: flight deck of what exactly? Doesn’t look like the front end (or any other end) of a commercial airliner, but 36,000 feet is pretty high for anything else. Military transport, perhaps?
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A sunset viewed from the flight deck on the approach to Faro, Portugal.
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Taken from Richard’s office window about 10 minutes before landing at Funchal, Madeira (Evening time). The photo shows the island of Madeira.
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‘Sky Sheep’, Camphill Gliding site in the Peak District, near Sheffield. U.K.
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Carolyn, UK says:
Not just sheep n' sheep symmetry but also the valley dip line is mirrored in the cloud. A lovely picture, Richard.
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Frank says:
Nice panoramic shot. Interesting that the French refer to small clouds like this as 'moutons' i.e. sheep. So we have moutons looking at the moutons!
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Viewed from Hilbre Island in the River Dee estuary, looking back towards the Wirral Peninsula.
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Stunning shot, Richard; I remember seeing loads of these from the top of Moel Famau, and a beautiful sight they were, too!
Kind regards from Anglesey.
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Anthony Skellern says:
Very interesting image Richard – we are used to seeing angry and intimidating cumulo nimbus, and here we have one that is elegant, well groomed and rather beautiful! Thanks.
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Lenticularis over the eastern Pyrenees, as seen from Captain Richards office window.
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Mark says:
Wow, we don't see many shots of lentics from their own level. That's really neat. Thanks, Captain!
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Johanne Paquette,Canada says:
They remind me of the (Michelin little guy..for advertising the tires..)Anyway, nice capture ! Tks captain to share part of the sky with us, we are very lucky ! :)
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Adolfo Garcia-Marin says:
Thanks Captain for sharing this photo. I can hear the splah after hitting the lentis!
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Pilots eye view of Halo and Sundogs at 33,000ft., above The Bay of Biscay, as seen from Captain Richards office window.
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John Norris says:
Great shot Richard, you are so lucky to have a brill view!!!!
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Above the clouds just west of Rome, as seen from (Captain) Richards office window.
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Beate Blecher says:
Another breathtaking one – I hope you're flying on automatic pilot when you have these encounters.
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Susie NZ says:
Thank you again, Richard, how do you ever find time to fly?
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Above the clouds just west of Rome, as seen from (Captain) Richards office window.
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Kaisa Mäki-Petäjä, Finland says:
Oh dear, you and your "office window", (Captain) Richards ;) Views like this should be mandatory for any office. This is so unfair for us ground-crawlers… Thank god for you up in the air, over the clowds, taking pictures for the rest of us to see. Sublime!
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Rob McGinley, Wallsend , UK says:
Another cracking pic Richard!
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Adolfo Garcia-Marin says:
Surreal and impresive Richard. Once more, you have taken a superb picture.
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Susie NZ says:
that is a hugely interesting cloudscape – well caught, Richard, your office is very well located!!!
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Mark Murray... Aberdeen. says:
Amazing shot Richard…. Stunning sight.
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Heading towards the Irish Sea, as seen from (Captain) Richards office window.
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Hanne Ingerslev says:
What a wonderful "skyscape" Very special !
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Beate Blecher says:
You do get breathtaking views, this is sheer beauty!
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Johanne Paquette,Canada says:
Beautiful busy sky ! What a wonderful view you had ! Tks for sharing.
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Spotted at 38,000 ft over Germany, from (Captain) Richard’s office window.
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Georgie says:
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hanne Ingerslev says:
Remarkable ! A joy to look at ! Thank you !
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This brings back many miserable memories of being stranded at this airport! Dreariness excellent!
Laurence
Nice. did you get a look from above after take off?